This page is about ONAP modeling design principles and guidelines for release 2+
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Refer to ONAP Modeling Design Principles and Guidelines (20171023) for approved working version of the modeling principles and guidelines. |
Guidelines:
1-Initial focus on a Unified IM and TOSCA construct representation
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- Initial focus of Information Model will capture Service Desc, VNF Desc models
- First doing an Information Model and then do a TOSCA representation based on the Information Model applying OASIS TOSCA Simple Profile 1.2
- The model will support the VNF requirements (e.g. scaling). The modeling team should not define the feature requirements, but rather Information Model support for defined requirements.
- Principles focus on the "what"
- Guidelines are best practices and focus on the "how"
2-Align terminology with ETSI (IFA11, IFA14) where appropriate
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Munish Agarwal] Define UML modelling guidelines. Take inspiration from IISOMI 514 UML Modeling Guidelines
>> See Informal Inter-SDO Open Model Initiative (IISOMI)
Lingli Deng UML is another Data Modeling language, it is not clear to me what would be the benefits of introducing another DM to represent the IM, or whether or not it would introduce undesirable constraints in defining the IM. Since it is not an urgent decision, I suggest we could leave the choice/recommendation on using it and its tools out of the current document and for further discussion.
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