scope:

This part of ISO/IEC 7498 establishes a framework for coordinating the development of existing and future standards for OSI Management, and is provided for reference by those standards.It a) defines terminology of and describes concepts for OSI Management; b) provides a structure for OSI Management together with an overview of the objectives and facilities provided by OSI Management, and; c) describes OSI Management activities. This part of ISO/IEC 7498 does not specify services or protocols for OSI Management. It is neither an implementation specification for systems, nor a basis for appraising the conformance of implementations.