scope:

This International Standard defines an Application Service Element (the Common Management Information Service Element). which may be used by an application process in a centralized or decentralized management environment to exchange infomiation and conimands for tlie purpose of systenis management. as defined by the OSI Management Franiework in ISO/IEC 7498-4. This International Standard is positioned in the application layer of ISO 7498 and is defined according to the model provided by e ISO/IEC 9545.

This International Standard defines

- a set of service primitives that constitute the application service element:

- the parameters that are passed in each service primitive:

- any necessary information for the semantic description of each service primitive.

This Iniernatioiial Standard does not define

- the nature of any implementation intended to provide the defined service:

- the semantics associated with the information or commands that are exchanged by means of the service:

- the manner in which management is accomplished by the user of the service:

- the nature of any interactions which result in the use of the service.

No requirement is made for conformance to this International Standard.