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  ITU-T A.5 justification information for referenced document TM Forum GB922. Addendum 4SO, v7.5 in draft M.3190
1. Clear description of the referenced document:
Name: TM Forum GB922. Addendum 4SO, v7.5
Title: Shared Information/Data (SID) Model. Addendum 4SO - Service Overview Business Entity Definitions, Release 7.5
2. Status of approval:
Existing specification approved by TMF.
3. Justification for the specific reference:
It is important that there be a single definition of the information entities in order to encourage interoperability. It is therefore not advisable to incorporate the text into the Recommendation.
4. Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
See http://www.tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catID=2211&linkID=29757&docID=3181
5. Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
None.
6. The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
Version 7.5 is an approved TeleManagement Forum specification that is expected publicly available by mid June 2008. A copy of the final text of is found in SG4-TD564G.
7. Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
None.
8. Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
OMG, “Unified Modelling Language Specification, Version 1.5”/
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In addition, the following non-normative references are listed:/
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[Add 3] SID Product Model, GB922, Addendum 3/
[Add 5PR] SID PhysicalResource Model, GB922, Addendum 5PR/
[Add 5LR] SID LogicalResource Model, GB922, Addendum 5LR/
[ADD 4QoS] SID QoS Model, GB922, Addendum 4QoS/
ACIA Alliance Common Information Architecture (AT&T, BT & Concert) version 3.1, 15 Dec 2000/
Fowler-AP Analysis Patterns – Reusable Object Models by Martin Fowler ISBN 0-201-89542-0/
http://martinfowler.com/articles.html/
Fowler-Role Dealing with Roles/
http://www.awl.com/cseng/titles/0-201-89542-0/apsupp/roles2-1.html/
eTOM GB921 version 7.0/
Zachman Zachman Framework/
http://www.zifa.com/frmwork2.htm/
Larman Applying UML and Patterns, Second Edition, ISBN 0-13-095004-1/
http://www.craiglarman.com/book_applying_2nd/Applying_2nd.htm/
Baumer The Role Object (Design) Pattern. Download PDF from/
http://www.riehle.org/computer-science-research/1997/plop-1997-role-object.pdf/
DEN Directory Enabled Networks by John Strassner ISBN 1-57870-140-6/
DEN-ng Directory Enabled Networks New Generation by John Strassner, et. al., to be published/
CIM Common Information Model, DMTF/
http://www.dmtf.org/standards/standard_cim.php/
CIMPROB Mining Information from the DMTF CIM into the TMF SID, ed by John Strassner (This was a deliverable from the TMF-DMTF liaison)/
MetaSolv The MetaSolv Object Model, contribution to the TMF/
SLA Handbook GB917 version 1.5/
GB923 Wireless Services Measurement Handbook. GB923 version 1.0 (member evaluation)/
XML-SLA XML Specification of SLAs for Telecom Services. Stephen Cross, University of Oxford, Masters Thesis, Feb 2002./
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9. Qualification of TM Forum:
TMF (TeleManagement Forum) is a qualified organization for including references in ITU-T Recommendations under Recommendation A.5 procedures (for all Related Study Groups).
10. Other (for any supplementary information):
This document is (will be) available at: http://www.tmforum.org/.
Note: This form is based on Recommendation ITU-T A.5