Message-ID: <3355526C.30AE@nmf.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 18:27:56 -0400
From: psorce@nmf.org (Paige Sorce)
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To: members@nmf.org, nmf-objects@nmf.org, tmncoord@nmf.org
Subject: ITU-T Managed Object Definitions
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Colleagues

NMF is pleased to advise the online availability of ITU-T managed object
definitions on our FTP server.  This is in addition to the current
availability of NMF, OIW and some T1M1 managed object definitions.

Some may be aware that we have been negotiating with ITU-T for some time
to make this facility available to the industry.  This has now been
realised and can be found on the NMF ftp server (ftp.nmf.org or
199.183.141.190) in the public area of the server under directory
/objects.  Access to the ftp server is also available via the World Wide
Web (www.nmf.org).

The GDMO/ASN.1 contents of many ITU-T X.xxx, M.xxx, Q.xxx and G.xxx
Recommendations will be found in text format, which is directly machine
readable and parseable.  In addition, all published Corrigenda and
Amendments have been applied to the files to save further industry
effort, and to promote wider systems interoperability.  An update
history is contained in comments in each file.  It is thus now possible
to single source a common set of managed object definitions which will
help product consistency in the industry and reduce product development
costs.

Potential users of these files should carefully note the conditions of
use of the ITU-T files.  An extract, which appears in each ITU-T file,
is appended to this message for your advance information.  You should
note that the files contain only the GDMO/ASN.1 extracts, not the full
ITU-T Recommendation which must be purchased IN ADVANCE of accessing the
files in order to be in compliance with ITU-T copyright restrictions
(see note below).  

The NMF would like to thank a number of people for their efforts to make
this facility available, correct and consistent.  In particular, Deborah
Neuman and Jock Embry of Opening Technologies for their expertise and
effort in syntax checking, applying fixes (application of Amendments,
Corrigenda, etc.) and for raising a number of defect reports to ITU-T,
based on the original documents.  (Note that corrections to these defect
reports have been applied to these files.)  In addition, NMF wishes to
thank the ITU-T staff for their help and support in making this happen. 
Our thanks also go to Neil Trickey of GPT and Paul Golick of IBM for
their technical support. 

Object definition files will be found in three sub-directories under
directory  /Objects:-

/Approved
for the files extracted from ITU-T Recommendations that have received
formal approval and have been published

/Defects
any defects which have been reported to ITU-T on specific
Recommendations
(Note, a preliminary fix has been applied to the relevant document)

/Draft
a number of files extracted from pre-final ITU-T Recommendations which
have reached a relatively stable state, but which may be awaiting
approval, or for which we are still awaiting a formal copy

Should you find any defects associated with any of these files, you are
encouraged to report the defect to jock_embry@mcimail.com as soon as
possible.

If you find the above facility useful to your business, and would like
to see the facility extended to other sources of telecom oriented
managed object definitions, you are encouraged to raise this with NMF
and with the potential source, to see if it can be extended.  We will
attempt to do this in a managed way.

Many thanks for your attention.  We hope the facility will be popular. 
Please feel free to pass this notice on to anyone whom you believe will
be interested.

Kind regards

Bruce Murrill
NMF


Notices to users of the ITU-T Managed Object Definition files on
conditions
of use -
___________________________________________________________

 The information in this file is an electronic extract of the
-- corresponding ITU-T Recommendation which is copyright protected by
-- the ITU.
--
-- It is ITU policy that electronic access is granted to this
-- ITU-T Recommendation only if a hard copy of this Recommendation has
-- been previously purchased by each user and accessing the electronic
-- extract of the Recommendation without purchasing said hard copy is a
-- violation of ITU copyright.
--
-- Copies of ITU-T Recommendations can be purchased from
-- ITU-T General Secretariat, Sales and Marketing Services,
-- Places des Nations, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland
-- tel. 41 22 730 52 85, fax 41 22 730 51 94,
-- Internet: SALES@ITU.CH,
-- X.400: S=Sales, P=itu, A=Arcom, C=ch.
-- World Wide Web: http://www.itu.ch

-- Users of ITU-T information contained in this file are prohibited from
-- further selling, distributing or licensing this information
externally
-- to their company, other than as part of a management systems product.
-- Further, the user agrees not to decipher, decompile or reverse
-- engineer any source code provided by ITU-T in this file.
______________________________________________________________

Notice to users of all Managed Object Definition files re NMF
disclaimers -

-- THE NMF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY
-- OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS",
-- WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.


While NMF makes no requirements of NMF Managed Object Definition file
users to purchase the relevant document, users should check the
conditions of use within NMF Managed Object Definition files and the
T1M1 Managed Object Definition files before utilising them.