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- Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 08:50:06 -0400
Author: swany
Date: 2007-05-07 08:50:06 -0400 (Mon, 07 May 2007)
New Revision: 229
Added:
trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/fo2pdf.sh
Modified:
trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/nm-schema-base.fo
trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/nm-schema-base.html
trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/nm-schema-base.pdf
trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/nm-schema-base.xml
Log:
more cleanup, new script for just fo2pdf
(to allow manual FO munging.)
Added: trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/fo2pdf.sh
Property changes on: trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/fo2pdf.sh
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Modified: trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/nm-schema-base.fo
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--- trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/nm-schema-base.fo 2007-05-07 11:26:43
UTC (rev 228)
+++ trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base/nm-schema-base.fo 2007-05-07 12:50:06
UTC (rev 229)
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text-align="start">GFD </fo:block></fo:table-cell><fo:table-cell
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An Extensible Schema for Network Measurement and Performance Data
</fo:block></fo:table-cell><fo:table-cell text-align="end"><fo:block>May
2007</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row></fo:table-body></fo:table></fo:static-content><fo:static-content
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text-align="start">Swany</fo:block></fo:table-cell><fo:table-cell><fo:block
text-align="center">Informational</fo:block></fo:table-cell><fo:table-cell><fo:block
text-align="end">[Page
<fo:page-number/>]</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row></fo:table-body></fo:table></fo:static-content><fo:flow
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Measurement Working Group</fo:block></fo:table-cell><fo:table-cell><fo:block
text-align="right">M Swany,
Editor</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row><fo:table-row><fo:table-cell><fo:block/></fo:table-cell><fo:table-cell><fo:block
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text-align="right">May
2007</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row></fo:table-body></fo:table><fo:block
text-align="center" font-weight="bold" font-size="18pt" space-before="3em"
space-after="3em">
An Extensible Schema for Network Measurement and Performance Data
@@ -125,22 +125,28 @@
In this way, some superficial examination of the structure of a
message or information store can take place without looking at
the details of the contents. Some processing functionality
- should be able to consume new data types with no modificiation.
+ should be able to consume new data types with no modification.
</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em"
start-indent="2em">
We envision there being two major classes of namespace URIs.
The first is a canonical name based on the Hierarchy of Network
Measurements from this working group. (cite). The second is
based on an organization's domain name and allows for autonomous
extension in much the same way as the Enterprise branch of the
- OID space (cite) allows.
- </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.5">5. Versioning</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">While the working group has made every
effort to completely
+ OID space (cite) allows. Finally, as this specification doesn't
+ address the embedding of this schema into other systems, we note
+ that the relevant parts of the namespace can be appended to
+ another namespace if one is already in use.
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.5">5. Extending the Schema</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">The namespace-based
approach described above provides
+ extensibility by defining new basic elements in a tool- or
+ characteristic-specific namespace. An example of this is
+ presented in the Ping example later.</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">This needs some
textual description.</fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.6">6. Versioning</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">While the working group has made every
effort to completely
describe a few measurement types, we are well aware that tools,
and ideas about how to represent them, may change. For this
reason, each of the schema areas must have a version
number.</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em"
start-indent="2em">
To accomplish this, each of the URIs that comprise the
namespaces end in a version number. TBD, conforming to recent
GFD on namespaces.
- </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.6">6. Metadata Chaining</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.7">7. Metadata Chaining</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
While a complete Metadata block can be used to unambiguously
describe a data block, it is often desirable to combine
multiple, partial Metadata blocks together. The main reason for
@@ -149,7 +155,7 @@
Metadata blocks. This means that not all Metadata blocks will
have an associated eventType. At the end of the chain, however,
there MUST be an event type.
- </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.7">7. Operation Metadata</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.8">8. Operation Metadata</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
In addition to describing sets of raw data, Metadata blocks can
also be used to describe transformation operations performed on
a set of data. Thus, a list of Metadata blocks, including origin
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@
This relationship between Metadata blocks is expressed by having
the Subject metadataIdRef refer to another Metadata, which
denotes having it be input to an operation.
- </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.8">8. Base Schema</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.9">9. Base Schema</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
<fo:block font-family="monospace" font-size="9pt"
background-color="#dddddd" white-space-treatment="preserve"
linefeed-treatment="preserve" white-space-collapse="false">#
##############################################################
#
# File: nmbase.rnc - Main schema definition
@@ -482,12 +488,15 @@
}
# ##############################################################
-# CommonTime is used as a shortcut that is able to 'factor out'
-# a frequently occurring time range that a bunch of datum (or
-# other) elements might share, thus reducing complexity of XML
-# representation. CommonTime is similar to the other NMWG time
+# CommonTime is used as a shortcut that is able to 'factor out'
+# a frequently occurring time range that a group of datum (or
+# other) elements might share, thus reducing the verbosity of the
+# XML representation. CommonTime is similar to the other NMWG time
# stamps (from nmtime.rnc) in its potential time representations.
#
+# It is unfortunate that it needs to be in this file and not
+# nmtime.rnc, but as it occurs outside the datum, it is here.
+#
# Example:
#
# <nmwg:commonTime type="REQUIRED_TYPE" value="OPTIONAL_VALUE"
@@ -611,7 +620,7 @@
text
)*
</fo:block>
- </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.9">9. Time Schema</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.10">10. Time Schema</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
<fo:block font-family="monospace" font-size="9pt"
background-color="#dddddd" white-space-treatment="preserve"
linefeed-treatment="preserve" white-space-collapse="false">#
##############################################################
#
@@ -695,7 +704,7 @@
TimeContent
}
</fo:block>
- </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.10">10. Topology Schema</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.11">11. Topology Schema</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
<fo:block font-family="monospace" font-size="9pt"
background-color="#dddddd" white-space-treatment="preserve"
linefeed-treatment="preserve" white-space-collapse="false">#
##############################################################
#
@@ -838,19 +847,17 @@
attribute type { xsd:string }
</fo:block>
- </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.11">11. Examples</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">This section includes examples of
network measurements rendered
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt" page-break-before="always"
id="rfc.section.12">12. Examples</fo:block><fo:block space-before=".5em"
space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">This section includes examples of
network measurements rendered
in our schema. These examples are not intended to be normative,
- although at this time of this writing, they are in
use.</fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="12pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-before="12pt" space-after="6pt"
id="rfc.section.11.1">11.1 Schema for ping</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">
+ although at this time of this writing, they are in
use.</fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="12pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-before="12pt" space-after="6pt"
id="rfc.section.12.1">12.1 Schema for ping</fo:block><fo:block
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-# Purpose: Describes specific elements to be used in the
-# representation and handling of ping
-# measurements.
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-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL KEY -->
-#
-# <!-- ANY OPTIONAL (MULTIPLE) ELEMENT IN ANY NAMESPACE -->
-#
-# </nmwg:metadata>
-#
+# Metadata
# ##############################################################
PingMetadata =
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-->
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-#
-# <!-- ANY OPTIONAL (MULTIPLE) ELEMENT IN ANY NAMESPACE -->
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id="rfc.section.12">12. Security Concerns</fo:block><fo:block
space-before=".5em" space-after=".5em" start-indent="2em">There are important
security concerns associated with the
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id="rfc.section.13">13. Security Concerns</fo:block><fo:block
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security concerns associated with the
generation and distribution of network measurement information.
For example, ISPs frequently consider network configuration and
performance information to be proprietary. Furthermore, observing
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or consume noticeable amounts of resources should be taken
carefully, and the distribution of information to other sites
that cannot be obtained readily by other users at those sites
- should be considered carefully. </fo:block><fo:block
font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt" keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt"
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space-after="6pt"
id="rfc.section.13.1">13.1 Acknowledgements</fo:block><fo:block
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font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt" keep-with-next="always" space-after="7pt"
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We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of: Jeff Boote,
Eric Boyd, Mark Leese, Dan Gunter, Richard Hughes-Jones and
Jason Zurawski and (who else??) the other members of the
Network Measurements Working Group.
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keep-with-next="always" space-before="0pt" space-after="7pt"
id="rfc.references" page-break-before="always">14
+ </fo:block><fo:block font-weight="bold" font-size="14pt"
keep-with-next="always" space-before="0pt" space-after="7pt"
id="rfc.references" page-break-before="always">15
References</fo:block><fo:list-block
provisional-distance-between-starts="3em"><fo:list-item
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id="tridentcom">[1]</fo:block></fo:list-item-label><fo:list-item-body
start-indent="body-start()"><fo:block>Zurawski, J., Swany, M., and D. Gunter,
"A Scalable Framework for Representation and Exchange of
Network Measurements", In Proceedings of 2nd International
IEEE/Create-Net
Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the
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other proprietary rights, which may cover technology that
may be required to practice this recommendation. Please
address the information to the OGF Executive Director.
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class="title">An Extensible Schema for Network Measurement and Performance
Data</p><h1><a id="rfc.status" href="#rfc.status">Status of this
Memo</a></h1><p>This memo provides information for the Gri
d community. It does not specify any standards or technical !
recommen
dations. Distribution is unlimited.</p><h1><a id="rfc.copyrightnotice"
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id="rfc.section.1" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.1">1.</a> <a
id="intro" href="#intro">Introduction</a></h1><p id="rfc.section.1.p.1">This
document presents an extensible encoding standard for network measurement and
performance data. Uniform encoding of this class of information is a key
problem for federated network management, and multi-domain dynamic
provisioning of network circuits, as well as in advanced distributed
computing environments, such as Grid computing.</p><p
id="rfc.section.1.p.2">This work is born of the need for a common mechanism
for the exchange of network measurement and performance data. In the case of
research-oriented networks, parties often want to exchange network
performance data with neighbors for debugging purposes. In general,
however, there is no single system that is in use. In the Grid community,
the need to exchange network metrics of various sorts is often highlighted.
In short it is highly desirable to have an extensible schema for network
performance information that gives a common, general framework for
representation and exchange.</p><p id="rfc.section.1.p.3">This document
builds on previous versions of the network measurement schemata. This
document describes Version 2 of the Grid Forum's Network Measurement Working
Group (NM-WG) schema.</p><h2 id="rfc.section.1.1"><a
href="#rfc.section.1.1">1.1</a> Goals</h2><p
id="rfc.section.1.1.p.1">The goal is to define a neutral representation for
network measurements that can be easily extended to support new types of
data. This representation should identify forms of network performance data
as well as to create standardized mechanism to both describe and publish
these metrics.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.2" class="np"><a hre
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rfc.sect
ion.2.p.1">One of the high-level goals of this representation is to
"normalize" the data representation by removing as much redundancy as
possible. The basic schema design is based on the observation that network
measurement data can be divided into two major classes. The first class is
the Metadata, which describes the type of measurement data, the entity or
entities being measured and the particular parameters of the measurement. The
second class is the data itself, which is, at its simplest, a timestamp and a
value, or vector of values. This division of Metadata and Data is present
throughout the system. This structure is present both in the "Messages" sent
between various data elements and in data "Stores" -- persistent storage of
XML documents representing system state.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1
id="rfc.section.3" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.3">3.</a> Basic
Elements</h1><p id="rfc.section.3.p.1">This schema defines the basic elements
that can be used to repres
ent performance data. The first distinction is between the "Metadata", the
relatively static information regarding the data, and the "Data" itself,
which generally changes over time. The key idea is that, for repeated
measurements, which is a common case for performance data in networks and
Grids, the Metadata need not be repeated with each measurement, saving space
and effort.</p><p id="rfc.section.3.p.2">Each top-level element in this
schema has an Identifier attribute called "Id". There are many cases in which
one element needs to refer to another. For these cases an Id Reference is
used. Note that we have not used the XML Schema ID and IDREF types, although
they seem to be appropriate. The reason is that for an IDREF, the
corresponding ID must appear in the same document. We envision remote Id
references (with e.g., a generic URL or a WS-Addressing EPR) and thus find
this limitation overly restrictive. (Note that another possibility is the use
of a simple element to reso
lve the local ID and point to remote Metadata.)</p><h2 id="r!
fc.secti
on.3.1"><a href="#rfc.section.3.1">3.1</a> Metadata</h2><p
id="rfc.section.3.1.p.1">The Metadata must describe the Data unambiguously.
To accomplish this, the Metadata must include three key things:</p><dl
class="empty"><dd>"Subject" -- The Subject identifies the entity being
measured. This could include the network path between a pair of hosts, an
interface on a router, or a specific location on the network from which flow
or packet data is captured.</dd><dd>"EventType" -- The EventType identifies
exactly what sort of measurement Event occurred.</dd><dd>"Parameters" -- The
Parameters describe the details of the measurement.</dd></dl><h3
id="rfc.section.3.1.1"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.1.1">3.1.1</a> Subject</h3><p
id="rfc.section.3.1.1.p.1">The "Subject" identifies the measured entity. For
networks, this may represent a path between two hosts or an interface on a
network device.</p><h3 id="rfc.section.3.1.2"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.1.2">3.1.2</a> Event Type</h3>
<p id="rfc.section.3.1.2.p.1">The "Event Type" is the canonical name of the
aspect of the subject being measured, or the actual event (i.e.
"characteristic") being reported.</p><h3 id="rfc.section.3.1.3"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.1.3">3.1.3</a> Parameters</h3><p
id="rfc.section.3.1.3.p.1">The "Parameters" describe the exact way in which a
particular measurement was gathered. These can include parameters to active
measurement tools. Essentially, anything needed to determine which
measurements are fungible should be included here. Parameters take the form
of name, value pairs. The value of a parameter can itself be a complex XML
element.</p><h2 id="rfc.section.3.2"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.2">3.2</a> Data</h2><p id="rfc.section.3.2.p.1">The
"Data" element has an Identifier (Id) and an Identifier Reference
(metadataIdRef) that refers to the "Metadata" that describes it. It contains
some number of "Datum" elements.</p><h3 id="rfc.section.3.2.1"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.2.1
">3.2.1</a> Datum</h3><p id="rfc.section.3.2.1.p.1">The!
"Datum"
elements hold the timestamp and value of the measurement or value of the
event. For many network measurement data sources, this can be a time-series
of timestamp, value pairs. For other measurement types, the result value may
be a vector.</p><h2 id="rfc.section.3.3"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.3">3.3</a> Container Elements</h2><p
id="rfc.section.3.3.p.1">The above-named elements are currently contained in
two types of outer elements, "Message" and "Store". They have exactly the
same structure, i.e. containing "Metadata" and "Data" elements. Each may have
an attribute called "Type" to indicate its type. Each may also contain one
"Parameters" element to indicate Message- or Store-level parameters and
options. This allows for a great deal of customization.</p><hr
class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.4" class="np"><a
href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a> XML Namespaces</h1><p
id="rfc.section.4.p.1">A key facet in this schema is the observation that the
above elements can be used to
describe any network measurement, but the exact content of the each will
vary with the measurement type. We have adopted XML namespaces to allow reuse
of these same basic element names, but to vary the contents of the basic
elements for each different type of data.</p><p id="rfc.section.4.p.2">In
this way, some superficial examination of the structure of a message or
information store can take place without looking at the details of the
contents. Some processing functionality should be able to consume new data
types with no modificiation.</p><p id="rfc.section.4.p.3">We envision there
being two major classes of namespace URIs. The first is a canonical name
based on the Hierarchy of Network Measurements from this working group.
(cite). The second is based on an organization's domain name and allows for
autonomous extension in much the same way as the Enterprise branch of the OID
space (cite) allows.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.5"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.sectio
n.5">5.</a> Versioning</h1><p id="rfc.section.5.p.1">Wh!
ile the
working group has made every effort to completely describe a few measurement
types, we are well aware that tools, and ideas about how to represent them,
may change. For this reason, each of the schema areas must have a version
number.</p><p id="rfc.section.5.p.2">To accomplish this, each of the URIs
that comprise the namespaces end in a version number. TBD, conforming to
recent GFD on namespaces.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.6"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a> Metadata Chaining</h1><p
id="rfc.section.6.p.1">While a complete Metadata block can be used to
unambiguously describe a data block, it is often desirable to combine
multiple, partial Metadata blocks together. The main reason for this is reuse
of information. Using the "metadataIdRef" attribute of a Metadata block
allows us to form a "chain" of Metadata blocks. This means that not all
Metadata blocks will have an associated eventType. At the end of the chain,
however, there MUST be an event t
ype.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.7" class="np"><a
href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a> Operation Metadata</h1><p
id="rfc.section.7.p.1">In addition to describing sets of raw data, Metadata
blocks can also be used to describe transformation operations performed on a
set of data. Thus, a list of Metadata blocks, including origin and
transformations, can be used to unambiguously describe the provenance of any
network data. This can also be used in cases where the transformation is
"internal" and the original data is not available. This can be thought of as
describing set operations on the original set as it passes through a list of
operators. </p><p id="rfc.section.7.p.2">One example of this is the selection
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block can be used to describe this filtering operation independent of the
source. Formally, we can think of this as as an operation on one set that
produces another set. This metadata
block must unambiguously defining that set operation.</p><p !
id="rfc.
section.7.p.3">This relationship between Metadata blocks is expressed by
having the Subject metadataIdRef refer to another Metadata, which denotes
having it be input to an operation.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1
id="rfc.section.8" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.8">8.</a> Base
Schema</h1><p id="rfc.section.8.p.1"> <pre>
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href="#rfc.section.10"><link rel="Chapter" title="11 Topology Schema"
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class="title">An Extensible Schema for Network Measurement and Performance
Data</p><h1><a id="rfc.status" href="#rfc.status
">Status of this Memo</a></h1><p>This memo provides informat!
ion for
the Grid community. It does not specify any standards or technical
recommendations. Distribution is unlimited.</p><h1><a
id="rfc.copyrightnotice" href="#rfc.copyrightnotice">Copyright
Notice</a></h1><p>Copyright � The Open Grid Forum (2007). All Rights
Reserved.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.1" class="np"><a
href="#rfc.section.1">1.</a> <a id="intro"
href="#intro">Introduction</a></h1><p id="rfc.section.1.p.1">This document
presents an extensible encoding standard for network measurement and
performance data. Uniform encoding of this class of information is a key
problem for federated network management, and multi-domain dynamic
provisioning of network circuits, as well as in advanced distributed
computing environments, such as Grid computing.</p><p
id="rfc.section.1.p.2">This work is born of the need for a common mechanism
for the exchange of network measurement and performance data. In the case of
research-oriented networks, parties often want to exchange
network performance data with neighbors for debugging purposes. In general,
however, there is no single system that is in use. In the Grid community, the
need to exchange network metrics of various sorts is often highlighted. In
short it is highly desirable to have an extensible schema for network
performance information that gives a common, general framework for
representation and exchange.</p><p id="rfc.section.1.p.3">This document
builds on previous versions of the network measurement schemata. This
document describes Version 2 of the Grid Forum's Network Measurement Working
Group (NM-WG) schema.</p><h2 id="rfc.section.1.1"><a
href="#rfc.section.1.1">1.1</a> Goals</h2><p
id="rfc.section.1.1.p.1">The goal is to define a neutral representation for
network measurements that can be easily extended to support new types of
data. This representation should identify forms of network performance data
as well as to create standardized mechanism to both describe and publish the
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>to "normalize" the data representation by removing as much redundancy as
>possible. The basic schema design is based on the observation that network
>measurement data can be divided into two major classes. The first class is
>the Metadata, which describes the type of measurement data, the entity or
>entities being measured and the particular parameters of the measurement.
>The second class is the data itself, which is, at its simplest, a timestamp
>and a value, or vector of values. This division of Metadata and Data is
>present throughout the system. This structure is present both in the
>"Messages" sent between various data elements and in data "Stores" --
>persistent storage of XML documents representing system state.</p><hr
>class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.3" class="np"><a
>href="#rfc.section.3">3.</a> Basic Elements</h1><p id="rfc.secti
on.3.p.1">This schema defines the basic elements that can be used to
represent performance data. The first distinction is between the "Metadata",
the relatively static information regarding the data, and the "Data" itself,
which generally changes over time. The key idea is that, for repeated
measurements, which is a common case for performance data in networks and
Grids, the Metadata need not be repeated with each measurement, saving space
and effort.</p><p id="rfc.section.3.p.2">Each top-level element in this
schema has an Identifier attribute called "Id". There are many cases in which
one element needs to refer to another. For these cases an Id Reference is
used. Note that we have not used the XML Schema ID and IDREF types, although
they seem to be appropriate. The reason is that for an IDREF, the
corresponding ID must appear in the same document. We envision remote Id
references (with e.g., a generic URL or a WS-Addressing EPR) and thus find
this limitation overly restric
tive. (Note that another possibility is the use of a simple !
element
to resolve the local ID and point to remote Metadata.)</p><h2
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id="rfc.section.3.1.p.1">The Metadata must describe the Data unambiguously.
To accomplish this, the Metadata must include three key things:</p><dl
class="empty"><dd>"Subject" -- The Subject identifies the entity being
measured. This could include the network path between a pair of hosts, an
interface on a router, or a specific location on the network from which flow
or packet data is captured.</dd><dd>"EventType" -- The EventType identifies
exactly what sort of measurement Event occurred.</dd><dd>"Parameters" -- The
Parameters describe the details of the measurement.</dd></dl><h3
id="rfc.section.3.1.1"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.1.1">3.1.1</a> Subject</h3><p
id="rfc.section.3.1.1.p.1">The "Subject" identifies the measured entity. For
networks, this may represent a path between two hosts or an interface on a
network device.</p><h3 id="rfc
.section.3.1.2"><a href="#rfc.section.3.1.2">3.1.2</a> Event
Type</h3><p id="rfc.section.3.1.2.p.1">The "Event Type" is the canonical name
of the aspect of the subject being measured, or the actual event (i.e.
"characteristic") being reported.</p><h3 id="rfc.section.3.1.3"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.1.3">3.1.3</a> Parameters</h3><p
id="rfc.section.3.1.3.p.1">The "Parameters" describe the exact way in which a
particular measurement was gathered. These can include parameters to active
measurement tools. Essentially, anything needed to determine which
measurements are fungible should be included here. Parameters take the form
of name, value pairs. The value of a parameter can itself be a complex XML
element.</p><h2 id="rfc.section.3.2"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.2">3.2</a> Data</h2><p id="rfc.section.3.2.p.1">The
"Data" element has an Identifier (Id) and an Identifier Reference
(metadataIdRef) that refers to the "Metadata" that describes it. It contains
some number of
"Datum" elements.</p><h3 id="rfc.section.3.2.1"><a href="#rf!
c.sectio
n.3.2.1">3.2.1</a> Datum</h3><p id="rfc.section.3.2.1.p.1">The "Datum"
elements hold the timestamp and value of the measurement or value of the
event. For many network measurement data sources, this can be a time-series
of timestamp, value pairs. For other measurement types, the result value may
be a vector.</p><h2 id="rfc.section.3.3"><a
href="#rfc.section.3.3">3.3</a> Container Elements</h2><p
id="rfc.section.3.3.p.1">The above-named elements are currently contained in
two types of outer elements, "Message" and "Store". They have exactly the
same structure, i.e. containing "Metadata" and "Data" elements. Each may have
an attribute called "Type" to indicate its type. Each may also contain one
"Parameters" element to indicate Message- or Store-level parameters and
options. This allows for a great deal of customization.</p><hr
class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.4" class="np"><a
href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a> XML Namespaces</h1><p
id="rfc.section.4.p.1">A key face
t in this schema is the observation that the above elements can be used to
describe any network measurement, but the exact content of the each will vary
with the measurement type. We have adopted XML namespaces to allow reuse of
these same basic element names, but to vary the contents of the basic
elements for each different type of data.</p><p id="rfc.section.4.p.2">In
this way, some superficial examination of the structure of a message or
information store can take place without looking at the details of the
contents. Some processing functionality should be able to consume new data
types with no modification.</p><p id="rfc.section.4.p.3">We envision there
being two major classes of namespace URIs. The first is a canonical name
based on the Hierarchy of Network Measurements from this working group.
(cite). The second is based on an organization's domain name and allows for
autonomous extension in much the same way as the Enterprise branch of the OID
space (cite) allows. Fin
ally, as this specification doesn't address the embedding of!
this sc
hema into other systems, we note that the relevant parts of the namespace can
be appended to another namespace if one is already in use.</p><hr
class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.5" class="np"><a
href="#rfc.section.5">5.</a> Extending the Schema</h1><p
id="rfc.section.5.p.1">The namespace-based approach described above provides
extensibility by defining new basic elements in a tool- or
characteristic-specific namespace. An example of this is presented in the
Ping example later.</p><p id="rfc.section.5.p.2">This needs some textual
description.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.6" class="np"><a
href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a> Versioning</h1><p
id="rfc.section.6.p.1">While the working group has made every effort to
completely describe a few measurement types, we are well aware that tools,
and ideas about how to represent them, may change. For this reason, each of
the schema areas must have a version number.</p><p id="rfc.section.6.p.2">To
accomplish this, each o
f the URIs that comprise the namespaces end in a version number. TBD,
conforming to recent GFD on namespaces.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1
id="rfc.section.7" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a> Metadata
Chaining</h1><p id="rfc.section.7.p.1">While a complete Metadata block can be
used to unambiguously describe a data block, it is often desirable to combine
multiple, partial Metadata blocks together. The main reason for this is reuse
of information. Using the "metadataIdRef" attribute of a Metadata block
allows us to form a "chain" of Metadata blocks. This means that not all
Metadata blocks will have an associated eventType. At the end of the chain,
however, there MUST be an event type.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1
id="rfc.section.8" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.8">8.</a> Operation
Metadata</h1><p id="rfc.section.8.p.1">In addition to describing sets of raw
data, Metadata blocks can also be used to describe transformation operations
performed on a set of data
. Thus, a list of Metadata blocks, including origin and tran!
sformati
ons, can be used to unambiguously describe the provenance of any network
data. This can also be used in cases where the transformation is "internal"
and the original data is not available. This can be thought of as describing
set operations on the original set as it passes through a list of operators.
</p><p id="rfc.section.8.p.2">One example of this is the selection of a
subset of data from a a set, based on time or value. A "select" metadata
block can be used to describe this filtering operation independent of the
source. Formally, we can think of this as as an operation on one set that
produces another set. This metadata block must unambiguously defining that
set operation.</p><p id="rfc.section.8.p.3">This relationship between
Metadata blocks is expressed by having the Subject metadataIdRef refer to
another Metadata, which denotes having it be input to an operation.</p><hr
class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.9" class="np"><a
href="#rfc.section.9">9.</a> Base Schema</
h1><p id="rfc.section.9.p.1"> <pre>
# ##############################################################
#
# File: nmbase.rnc - Main schema definition
@@ -604,12 +604,15 @@
}
# ##############################################################
-# CommonTime is used as a shortcut that is able to 'factor out'
-# a frequently occurring time range that a bunch of datum (or
-# other) elements might share, thus reducing complexity of XML
-# representation. CommonTime is similar to the other NMWG time
+# CommonTime is used as a shortcut that is able to 'factor out'
+# a frequently occurring time range that a group of datum (or
+# other) elements might share, thus reducing the verbosity of the
+# XML representation. CommonTime is similar to the other NMWG time
# stamps (from nmtime.rnc) in its potential time representations.
#
+# It is unfortunate that it needs to be in this file and not
+# nmtime.rnc, but as it occurs outside the datum, it is here.
+#
# Example:
#
# <nmwg:commonTime type="REQUIRED_TYPE" value="OPTIONAL_VALUE"
@@ -732,7 +735,7 @@
anyNMWGAttribute |
text
)*
- </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.9"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.9">9.</a> Time Schema</h1><p
id="rfc.section.9.p.1"> <pre>
+ </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.10"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.10">10.</a> Time Schema</h1><p
id="rfc.section.10.p.1"> <pre>
# ##############################################################
#
# File: nmtime.rnc - NMWG Time definitions
@@ -814,7 +817,7 @@
element nmtm:end {
TimeContent
}
- </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.10"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.10">10.</a> Topology Schema</h1><p
id="rfc.section.10.p.1"> <pre>
+ </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.11"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.11">11.</a> Topology Schema</h1><p
id="rfc.section.11.p.1"> <pre>
# ##############################################################
#
# File: nmtopo.rnc - Schema to describe topological
@@ -955,17 +958,15 @@
) &
attribute type { xsd:string }
- </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.11"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.11">11.</a> Examples</h1><p
id="rfc.section.11.p.1">This section includes examples of network
measurements rendered in our schema. These examples are not intended to be
normative, although at this time of this writing, they are in use.</p><h2
id="rfc.section.11.1"><a href="#rfc.section.11.1">11.1</a> Schema for
ping</h2><p id="rfc.section.11.1.p.1"> <pre>
+ </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.12"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.12">12.</a> Examples</h1><p
id="rfc.section.12.p.1">This section includes examples of network
measurements rendered in our schema. These examples are not intended to be
normative, although at this time of this writing, they are in use.</p><h2
id="rfc.section.12.1"><a href="#rfc.section.12.1">12.1</a> Schema for
ping</h2><p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.1"> <pre>
# ##############################################################
#
# File: ping.rnc - Specialized schema for the ping
# tool
# Version: $Id: ping.rnc 205 2007-02-05 17:33:00Z zurawski $
-# Purpose: Describes specific elements to be used in the
-# representation and handling of ping
-# measurements.
-# Reference: http://books.xmlschemata.org/relaxng/page2.html
+# Purpose: Defines elements to be used in the representation
+# of ping measurements.
#
# ##############################################################
@@ -991,31 +992,7 @@
# ##############################################################
-# Metadata is the 'data' that describes physical measurements.
-# Metadata can be something such as a physical address, or
-# a geographical location; any form of static, re-usable
-# designation. It is important to note that the subject
-# namespace and parameters namespace MUST match (or the parameters
-# can be a generic NMWG) or bad things will occur.
-#
-# Example:
-#
-# <nmwg:metadata id="REQUIRED_ID"
-# metadataIdRef="OPTIONAL_REFERENCE_ID"
-# xmlns:nmwg="http://ggf.org/ns/nmwg/base/2.0/">
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL SUBJECT -->
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL PARAMETERS -->
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL EVENTTYPE -->
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL KEY -->
-#
-# <!-- ANY OPTIONAL (MULTIPLE) ELEMENT IN ANY NAMESPACE -->
-#
-# </nmwg:metadata>
-#
+# Metadata
# ##############################################################
PingMetadata =
@@ -1179,30 +1156,7 @@
# ##############################################################
-# CommonTime is used a a shortcut able to 'factor out' a frequently
-# occurring time range that a bunch of datum (or other) elements
-# might share, thus reducing complexity of XML representation.
-# CommonTime is similar to the other NMWG time stamps (from
-# nmtime.rnc) in its potential time representations.
-#
-# Example:
-#
-# <nmwg:commonTime type="REQUIRED_TYPE" value="OPTIONAL_VALUE"
-# duration="OPTIONAL_DURATION"
-# inclusive="OPTIONAL_INCLUSIVE_FLAG"
-# xmlns:nmwg="http://ggf.org/ns/nmwg/base/2.0/">
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL START TIME ELEMENT (USE END TIME OR DURATION) -->
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL END TIME ELEMENT (ONLY WITH START TIME) -->
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL TIME VALUE ELEMENT (USE IF NO VALUE ATTRIBUTE)
-->
-#
-# <!-- TBD OPTIONAL (MULTIPLE) DATUM ELEMENTS -->
-#
-# <!-- ANY OPTIONAL (MULTIPLE) ELEMENT IN ANY NAMESPACE -->
-# </nmwg:commonTime>
-#
+# CommonTime
# ##############################################################
PingCommonTime =
@@ -1264,8 +1218,8 @@
)?
}
- </pre> </p><h2 id="rfc.section.11.2"><a
href="#rfc.section.11.2">11.2</a> Instance document for ping</h2><p
id="rfc.section.11.2.p.1"> <pre>
- </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.12"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.12">12.</a> Security Concerns</h1><p
id="rfc.section.12.p.1">There are important security concerns associated with
the generation and distribution of network measurement information. For
example, ISPs frequently consider network configuration and performance
information to be proprietary. Furthermore, observing traffic, and, in
particular, collecting packet headers, is frequently considered a violation
of the presumption of privacy on the network. Systems that collect the
measurements described here are sometimes regarded as invasive, and, indeed,
poorly designed or configured monitoring tools can consume a disproportionate
amount of network bandwidth. Port blocking, protocol blocking, and traffic
shaping can impact many measurement tools. Tools, such as traceroute, that
send UDP probes to increasing port numbers can appear to be port scans and
raise security alerts.</p><p id="rfc
.section.12.p.2">We do not address those concerns in this document, but
implementers are encouraged to consider the security implications of
generating and distributing measurement information. While distribution of
end-to-end application-level measurements is generally accepted, measurements
that identify individual users or consume noticeable amounts of resources
should be taken carefully, and the distribution of information to other sites
that cannot be obtained readily by other users at those sites should be
considered carefully.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.13"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.13">13.</a> Appendices</h1><h2
id="rfc.section.13.1"><a
href="#rfc.section.13.1">13.1</a> Acknowledgements</h2><p
id="rfc.section.13.1.p.1">We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of:
Jeff Boote, Eric Boyd, Mark Leese, Dan Gunter, Richard Hughes-Jones and Jason
Zurawski and (who else??) the other members of the Network Measurements
Working Group.</p><h1
class="np" id="rfc.references"><a href="#rfc.section.14">14!
.</a> Re
ferences</h1><table summary="References" border="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td
class="topnowrap"><b id="tridentcom">[1]</b></td><td class="top">Zurawski,
J., Swany, M., and D. Gunter, “A Scalable Framework for Representation
and Exchange of
+ </pre> </p><h2 id="rfc.section.12.2"><a
href="#rfc.section.12.2">12.2</a> Instance document for ping</h2><p
id="rfc.section.12.2.p.1"> <pre>
+ </pre> </p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.13"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.13">13.</a> Security Concerns</h1><p
id="rfc.section.13.p.1">There are important security concerns associated with
the generation and distribution of network measurement information. For
example, ISPs frequently consider network configuration and performance
information to be proprietary. Furthermore, observing traffic, and, in
particular, collecting packet headers, is frequently considered a violation
of the presumption of privacy on the network. Systems that collect the
measurements described here are sometimes regarded as invasive, and, indeed,
poorly designed or configured monitoring tools can consume a disproportionate
amount of network bandwidth. Port blocking, protocol blocking, and traffic
shaping can impact many measurement tools. Tools, such as traceroute, that
send UDP probes to increasing port numbers can appear to be port scans and
raise security alerts.</p><p id="rfc
.section.13.p.2">We do not address those concerns in this document, but
implementers are encouraged to consider the security implications of
generating and distributing measurement information. While distribution of
end-to-end application-level measurements is generally accepted, measurements
that identify individual users or consume noticeable amounts of resources
should be taken carefully, and the distribution of information to other sites
that cannot be obtained readily by other users at those sites should be
considered carefully.</p><hr class="noprint"><h1 id="rfc.section.14"
class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.14">14.</a> Appendices</h1><h2
id="rfc.section.14.1"><a
href="#rfc.section.14.1">14.1</a> Acknowledgements</h2><p
id="rfc.section.14.1.p.1">We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of:
Jeff Boote, Eric Boyd, Mark Leese, Dan Gunter, Richard Hughes-Jones and Jason
Zurawski and (who else??) the other members of the Network Measurements
Working Group.</p><h1
class="np" id="rfc.references"><a href="#rfc.section.15">15!
.</a> Re
ferences</h1><table summary="References" border="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td
class="topnowrap"><b id="tridentcom">[1]</b></td><td class="top">Zurawski,
J., Swany, M., and D. Gunter, “A Scalable Framework for Representation
and Exchange of
Network Measurements”, In Proceedings of 2nd
International IEEE/Create-Net
Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the
Development of Networks and Communities (Tridentcom
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@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
In this way, some superficial examination of the structure of a
message or information store can take place without looking at
the details of the contents. Some processing functionality
- should be able to consume new data types with no modificiation.
+ should be able to consume new data types with no modification.
</t>
<t>
@@ -227,11 +227,23 @@
Measurements from this working group. (cite). The second is
based on an organization's domain name and allows for autonomous
extension in much the same way as the Enterprise branch of the
- OID space (cite) allows.
+ OID space (cite) allows. Finally, as this specification doesn't
+ address the embedding of this schema into other systems, we note
+ that the relevant parts of the namespace can be appended to
+ another namespace if one is already in use.
</t>
</section>
+ <section id="extending" title="Extending the Schema">
+ <t>The namespace-based approach described above provides
+ extensibility by defining new basic elements in a tool- or
+ characteristic-specific namespace. An example of this is
+ presented in the Ping example later.</t>
+
+ <t>This needs some textual description.</t>
+ </section>
+
<section id="versioning" title="Versioning">
<t>While the working group has made every effort to completely
describe a few measurement types, we are well aware that tools,
- nmwg: r229 - trunk/nmwg/doc/nm-schema-base, svnlog, 05/07/2007
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