Internet object-oriented information model

Abstract

In the network management area, management information models are based on a center of managed objects to denote the abstract of network resource. Internet management standards only tell how to access management variables. Aiming at making use of recent advances in distributed computing and in object oriented analysis and design, an Internet management architecture can also be based on the Open Distributed Processing Reference Model (RM-ODP). The purpose of the article is to provide an Internet object oriented information model. First, a layered management information architecture is discussed. Subsequent sections of the article present the generic object oriented information model. The information model is specified using Object-Z.