Ontologies: giving semantics to network management models

The multiplicity of network management models may imply in some scenarios the use of multiple management information languages defining the resources to be managed. Each language has a different level of semantic expressiveness, which is not easily measurable. Also, these management information mode...

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Published in:IEEE network 2003-05, Vol.17 (3), p.15-21
Main Authors: Lopez de Vergara, J.E., Villagra, V.A., Asensio, J.I., Berrocal, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Information management
Management
MONOS devices
Network management systems
Networks
Ontologies
Protocols
Resource management
Semantic Web
Semantics
Technology management
Translations
Web pages
Web services
Websites
World Wide Web
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Summary:The multiplicity of network management models may imply in some scenarios the use of multiple management information languages defining the resources to be managed. Each language has a different level of semantic expressiveness, which is not easily measurable. Also, these management information models cannot be easily integrated due to the difficulty of translation of the semantics they contain. The article proposes the use of ontologies as a new approach to improving the semantic expressiveness of management information languages. Ontologies are currently used, for instance, to provide Web pages and Web services the semantics they usually lack (known today as the semantic Web). Applying ontologies to management information languages can also be useful for integration of information definitions specified by different management languages and adding behavior information to them.
ISSN:0890-8044
1558-156X
DOI:10.1109/MNET.2003.1201472