Charter

We propose a working group to define a basic set of monitoring event descriptions. These descriptions, or schemas, will describe the information (attributes) associated with a particular data element and will describe conventions for the representation of the value associated with it. The development of this sort of shared vocabulary is essential for interoperability among a growing number of testbeds and projects. This view is supported by the recent proliferation of independent efforts along these lines, both inside and outside the GGF.

The aim of this group is to develop standard representations of the most widely used measurement values (the "top N".) From this we envision the emergence of a set of conventions and recommendations that will ease the task of defining richer, domain-specific schemas.

Milestones

1. April 2002: Research existing schemas, draft of comparison of some schemas currently in process.
2. November 2002: Develop "English" descriptions for the "top N" monitoring elements. This will not cover all future event schema needs, but will rather approach the intuitive subset that is in wide use today.
3. Jan 2004: Resubmit "top N" document to GGF editor
4. Feb 2004: "top N" document finishes review
5. Mar 2004: Address reviewer comments
6. Jun 2004: Document is complete!