Enables specifying any kind of relastionships between ServiceOrderItems The type of relationship such as contains, relies on.

An assocation between two ServiceOrders. A categorization of the relationship, such as bulk, parent/child, and so forth.

Some Questions: 1. Do we have a business need to have multiple service catalogs? - 2. Do we have a need to have a service descriptor in a given catalog multiple times for different time periods? - 3. How do we handle moving a descriptor from a test catalog to a production catalog? - 4. What is the attachment class? Presently, SDC stores the descriptor directly in the catalog. I don't think SDC uses the SID Characteristic patern. The Nfpd class associates traffic flow criteria to a list of descriptors associated to the connection points and service access points to be visited by traffic flows matching these criteria. Identifies this nfpd class within a VNFFGD. Provides an NFP classification and selection rule. The rule may be expressed as a criteria constructed out of atomic assertions linked by Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT. NOTE: Examples of atomic assertions are assertions on packet header fields’ values, date and time ranges, etc. References the descriptor of a connection point to be traversed by the traffic flows matching the criteria. This shall be a connection point attached to one of the constituent VNFs and PNFs of the parent VNFFG, or a SAP of one of the constituent nested NSs of the parent VNFFG. NOTE: When multiple values are provided, the order is significant and specifies the sequence of connection points to be traversed. The VnfProfile class specifies a profile for instantiating VNFs of a particular NS DF according to a specific VNFD and VNF DF. Identifier of this vnfProfile class. It uniquely identifies a VnfProfile. Identifier of the instantiation level of the VNF DF to be used for instantiation. If not present, the default instantiation level as declared in the VNFD shall be used. Minimum number of instances of the VNF based on this VNFD that is permitted to exist for this VnfProfile. Maximum number of instances of the VNF based on this VNFD that is permitted to exist for this VnfProfile. Specifies affinity and anti-affinity rules applicable between VNF instances created from this profile. Identifier(s) of the affinity or anti-affinity group(s) the VnfProfile belongs to. NOTE: Each identifier references an affinity or anti-affinity group which expresses affinity or anti-affinity relationships between the VNF instance(s) created using this VnfProfile and the VNF instance(s) created using other VnfProfile(s) in the same group. Defines the connection information of the VNF, it contains connection relationship between a VNF connection point and a NS virtual Link. Identifies a flavour within the VNFD. Reference to the VNFD. The VirtualLinkProfile class specifies a profile for instantiating VLs of a particular NS DF according to a specific VLD and VL DF. Uniquely identifies this VirtualLinkProfile class. Identifies a flavour within the VLD. Specifies affinity and anti-affinity rules applicable between VLs instantiated from the referenced VLD. Identifies an affinity or anti-affinity group the VLs instantiated according to the VlProfile belong to. NOTE : Each identifier references an affinity or anti-affinity group which expresses affinity or anti-affinity relationship between the VL(s) using this VirtualLinkProfile and the VL(s) using other VirtualLinkProfile(s) in the same group. Specifies the maximum bitrate requirements for a VL instantiated according to this profile. NOTE: These attributes are used to control scaling boundaries. Specifies the minimum bitrate requirements for a VL instantiated according to this profile. NOTE: These attributes are used to control scaling boundaries. Uniquely references a VLD. The CpdPool class specifies a pool of descriptors of connection points and service access points. Identifier of this CpdPool class. It identifies a pool of descriptors of connection points and NS SAPs. The NsScalingAspect class describes the details of an NS scaling aspect. An NS scaling aspect is an abstraction representing a particular "dimension" or "property" along which a given NS can be scaled. Defining NS levels, in this context also known as NS scale levels, within an NS scaling aspect allows to scale NS instances "by steps", i.e. to increase/decrease their capacity in a discrete manner moving from one NS scale level to another. Scaling by a single step does not imply that exactly one instance of each entity involved in the NS scale level is created or removed. Identifier of this NsScalingAspect class. It Uniquely identifies the NS scaling aspect in an NSD. Provides a human readable name of the NS scaling aspect. Provides a human readable description of the NS scaling aspect. Describes the details of an NS level. NOTE: Only a subset of the VNFs, VLs and nested NSs whose descriptor is referenced by the NS DF may be involved in an NS scale level of the parent NS. The NsLevel class describes the details of an NS level. An NS level consists of a list of involved entities, i.e. VNFs, VLs and/or nested NSs. For each involved VNF/nested NS, the number of instances required by the NS level is specified. For each involved VL, the bitrate requirements corresponding to the NS level are specified. NS levels shall be used in the context of NS instantiation and in this case they are referred to as NS instantiation levels. Every VNF, VL and nested NS whose descriptor is referenced by the NS DF shall be involved in an NS instantiation level of the parent NS. If no instances of a given VNF/nested NS have to be deployed at NS instantiation time, the numberOfInstances attribute in the corresponding VnfToLevelMapping/NsToLevelMapping datatype shall be set to 0. NS levels may be used in the context of NS scaling and in this case they are referred to as NS scale levels. Only a subset of the VNFs, VLs and nested NSs whose descriptor is referenced by the NS DF may be involved in an NS scale level of the parent NS. Identifier of this NsLevel class. It uniquely identifies an NS level within the DF. Human readable description of the NS level. Specifies the profile of the VNFs involved in this NS level and, for each of them, the required number of instances. Specifies the profile of the VLs involved in this NS level and, for each of them, the needed bandwidth. Specifies the profile of the nested NSs involved in this NS level and, for each of them, the required number of instances. The NsProfile class specifies the profile to be used for a nested NS. Identifies an NS profile. Minimum number of nested NS instances based on the referenced NSD that is permitted to exist for this NsProfile. Maximum number of nested NS instances based on the referenced NSD that is permitted to exist for this NsProfile. Identifies an affinity or anti-affinity group the NSs created according to this NsProfile belong to. Identifies the applicable NS DF within the scope of the NSD. Identifies the NS level within the referenced NS DF to be used in the context of the parent NS instantiation. If not present, the default NS instantiation level as declared in the referenced NSD shall be used. Identifies the NSD applicable to NS instantiated according to this profile. This is an abstract proxy class, allowing to provide reference to either NsProfile or VnfProfile. The Dependencies class provides indications on the order in which VNFs associated to different VNF Profiles and/or nested NSs associated to different NS Profiles are to be instantiated. References a VnfProfile or NsProfile. NOTE: NFV Management and Orchestration functions shall instantiate VNFs from the VnfProfile and/or nested NSs from the NsProfile referenced in the primary attribute before instantiating VNFs from the VnfProfile and/or nested NSs from the NsProfile referenced in the secondary attribute. References a VnfProfile or NsProfile. NOTE: NFV Management and Orchestration functions shall instantiate VNFs from the VnfProfile and/or nested NSs from the NsProfile referenced in the primary attribute before instantiating VNFs from the VnfProfile and/or nested NSs from the NsProfile referenced in the secondary attribute A composition of Network Functions and defined by its functional and behavioural specification. NOTE: The Network Service (NS) contributes to the behaviour of the higher layer service, which is characterized by at least performance, dependability, and security specifications. The end-to-end network service behaviour is the result of the combination of the individual network function behaviours as well as the behaviours of the network infrastructure composition mechanism. Identifier of this NetworkService, identifying the NS instance. Human readable name of the NS instance. Human readable description of the NS instance Reference to consistituent VNFs and PNFs on this NS. NOTE: Cardinality of zero is only valid for a non-instantiated NS. Information on the VLs of this NS. NOTE: Cardinality of zero is only valid for a non-instantiated NS. Information on the SAPs of this NS. Reference to information on nested NSs of this NS. Information on the VNFFGs of this NS. Provides information on a Service Access Point (SAP) of a NS A graph of logical links connecting NF nodes,where at least one node is a VNF, for the purpose of describing traffic flow between these network functions Identier of this Vnffg class. Identifier of the constituent NFs of the VNFFG Identifier(s) of the constituent VL instance(s) of the VNFFG. Identifiers of the CP instances attached to the constituent VNFs and PNFs or the sap instances of the VNFFG. NOTE: It indicates an exhaustive list of all the CP instances and SAP instances of the VNFFG. Information on the NFPs of this VNFFG. This class provides run-time information about an NS VL instance. Virtualised network resource(s) realizing this VL. Respresents the port of a NS VL. ServiceDescriptor is used to model the design time representation of a service. Constant identifier of the service model. Versioned identifier of the service model (this uuid is changed for every major version of the service) The name of the service model designed. The description of the service model designed. A predefined list which identifies the construct's category. There is a predefined list of service categories. The service model version. An optional string field defining a generic type (like category) of the service. E.g. this field can be used for defining the service as “TRANSPORT”. An optional string field for shortcode that defines the function that the service is providing. E.g. “MISVPN” or “AIM”. The icon path of the service. The service component descriptor UUIDs that the service includes (relationhip to Service Component). ServiceInstance is used to model the run time representation of a service. Uniquely identifies this instance of a service. The name assigned to the service-instance. The description assigned to the service-instance. Constant identifier of the service model (relationship to service model). Versioned identifier of the service model (relationship to service model). The service model version in SDC catalog. An optional string field defining a generic type (like category) of the service. E.g. this field can be used for defining the service as “TRANSPORT”. An optional string field for shortcode that defines the function that the service is providing. E.g. “MISVPN” or “AIM”. URL to endpoint where more details can be gotten. Orchestration status of the service instance. The service component instance ID that the service instance includes. ServcieComponentDescriptor is used to model the design time representation of a service component or network service. Constant identifier of the Service Component model. Versioned identifier of the Service Component model (this uuid is changed for every major version of the service component). The name of the service component. The description of service component. The version of service component. The designer of the service component. ServiceComponentInstance is used to model the run time representation of a service component. Uniquely identifies this instance of a service component. The name assigned to the service component instance. Constant identifier of the service component model. Versioned identifier of the service component model (this uuid is changed for every major version of the service component). The service version in SDC catalog. URL to endpoint where more details can be gotten. Orchestration status of the service component instance. The description of service component instance. A type of Request that represents a Customer Order's products decomposed into the services through which the products are realized. Unique identifier for Interaction. ID given by the order requester and only understandable by him (to facilitate his searches afterwards). It could an order number reference from the triggering system (OM) A way that can be used by order requester to prioritize orders in Service Order Narrative that explains the interaction and details about the interaction, such as why the interaction is taking place. Used to categorize the order - Requester valued it and this category can be useful for the Service Order Management system and/or requester (e.g. "broadband", "TV option”,). State of the order The date on which an interaction is closed or completed. The date that was requested to start processing the order. The date on which an interaction is closed or completed. The date on which an interaction is expected to be completed. The date on which an interaction is started. Contact attached to the order to send back information regarding this order Reference to ServiceOrderItem The date the order was placed. The purpose for the ServiceOrder expressed in terms of a ServiceSpecification or a Service. Identifier of the line item (generally it is a sequence number 01, 02, 03, ...). The action to take for an InteractionItem, such as add, change, remove. State of the order item: described in the state machine diagram. This is the requested state. Quantity of an interaction item involved in an interaction. An implementation of a NF via a tightly coupled software and hardware system. External CP of the PNF. External CP of the PNF. Cpd used to deploy this PNF CP. The PnfProfile class describes additional data for a given PNF instance used in a DF. Identifier of this PnfProfile class. It uniquely identifies a PnfProfile. Defines the connection information of the PNF, it contains connection relationship between a PNF connection point and a NS virtual Link. A ServiceCandidate (ServiceCatalogItem) is an entity that makes a ServiceSpecification available to a catalog. A ServiceCandidate and its associated ServiceSpecification may be “published” (made visible) in any number of ServiceCatalogs, or in none. One ServiceSpecification can be composed of other ServiceSpecifications. These ServiceSpecifications may also be published. A unique identifier for the ServiceCandidate A word or phrase that a ServiceCandidate is known and distinguished from other ServiceCandidates. A narrative that explains the ServiceCandidate. The period of time during which the ServiceCandidate is applicable. The condition at which the ServiceCandidate exists such as planned, active and Obsolete. A ServiceCatalog is a collection of ServiceCandidates representing ServiceSpecifications. ServiceCandidates define the underlying services that support a ProductOffering. ServiceCandidates are exposed to one or more Product Catalogs to be utilized to configure one or more ProductOfferings. ServiceCandidates can be exposed to one or more Service Catalogs to be utilized or incorporated in one or more ServiceCandidates. A collection may consist of similar ServiceCandidates, such as a collection of broadband ServiceCatalogCandidates or a collection of wireless ServiceCatalogCandidates. A Service Catalog contents can expose a collection of ServiceCandidates to be utilized internal/external to an enterprise. The value of a given ServiceCharacteristic The VnfIndicatorData datatype identifies a VNF indicator in a VNFD. Identifies a VNFD. Identifies a VNF indicator within the VNFD. The NsVirtuallLinkConnectivity datatype describes connection information between a connection point and a NS virtual Link. Reference an NS VL profile. References the descriptor of a connection point on a VNF/PNF or a SAP which connects to virtual links instantiated from the profile identified in the virtualLinkProfileId attribute. The VnfToLevelMapping datatype specifies the profile to be used for a VNF involved in a given NS level and the required number of instances. Identifies the profile to be used for a VNF involved in an NS level. Specifies the number of VNF instances required for an NS level. NOTE 1: It shall be in the range of minNumberOfInstances-maxNumberOfInstances, as specified in the referenced VnfProfile. NOTE 2: When the corresponding NS level is used in the context of NS instantiation, the numberOfInstances attribute specifies the number of VNF instances to be deployed. NOTE 3: When the corresponding NS level is used in the context of NS scaling, the numberOfInstances attribute does not specify the number of VNF instances to be added/removed when reaching that NS scale level. The actual number of VNF instances to be added/removed can be derived by subtracting the numberOfInstances declared in the source NS scale level from the numberOfInstances declared in the target NS level of the scaling request. The VirtualLinkToLevelMapping datatype specifies the profile to be used for a VL involved in a given NS level and bitrate requirements. Identifies the profile to be used for a VL involved in an NS level. Specifies the bit rate requirements for the NS level. NOTE: It shall be in the range of minBitrateRequirements - maxBitrateRequirements, as specified in the referenced VirtualLinkProfile. The NsToLevelMapping datatype specifies the profile to be used for a nested NS involved in a given NS level and the required number of instances. Identifies the profile to be used for a nested NS involved in the NS level. Specifies the number of nested NS instances required for the NS scale level. NOTE 1: It shall be in the range of minNumberOfInstances-maxNumberOfInstances, as specified in the referenced NsProfile. NOTE 2: When the corresponding NS level is used in the context of NS instantiation, the numberOfInstances attribute specifies the number of nested NS instances to be deployed. NOTE 3: When the corresponding NS level is used in the context of NS scaling, the numberOfInstances attribute does not specify the number of nested NS instances to be added/removed when reaching that NS scale level. The actual number of nested NS instances to be added/removed can be derived by subtracting the numberOfInstances declared in the source NS scale level from the numberOfInstances declared in the target NS level of the scaling request. A base / value business entity used to represent a period of time, between two timepoints An instant of time, starting at the TimePeriod Notes: If null, then represents to the beginning of time An instant of time, ending at the TimePeriod: Notes: If null, then represents to the end of time A way that can be used by order requester to prioritize orders in Service Order Management system (from 0 to 4: 0 is the highest priority, and 4 the lowest). It could be for example valued by BSS based on customer order requested priority. Constant identifier of the service model. Versioned identifier of the service model (this uuid is changed for every major version of the service) The name of the service model designed. The description of the service model designed. A predefined list which identifies the construct's category. There is a predefined list of service categories. The service model version. An optional string field defining a generic type (like category) of the service. E.g. this field can be used for defining the service as “TRANSPORT”. An optional string field for shortcode that defines the function that the service is providing. E.g. “MISVPN” or “AIM”. The icon path of the service. Identifier of this NSD class. It globally uniquely identifies an instance of the NSD Identifies the designer of the NSD. Identifies the version of the NSD. Provides the human readable name of the NSD. Identifies an NSD in a version independent manner. This attribute is invariant across versions of NSD. Specifies a rule to trigger a scaling action on a NS instantiated according to the NSD. NOTE 1: The rule is based on a combination of assertions on the values of virtualised resource-related performance metrics and VNF Indicators identified by the monitoredInfo attribute. NOTE 2: There may be multiple data sources (each identified as monitoredInfo) per rule Identifies either a virtualised resource-related performance metric or a VNF Indicator. Provides a life cycle management script written in a Domain Specific Language (DSL). Uniquely identifies this instance of a service. The name assigned to the service-instance. The description assigned to the service-instance. Constant identifier of the service model (relationship to service model). Versioned identifier of the service model (relationship to service model). The service model version in SDC catalog. An optional string field defining a generic type (like category) of the service. E.g. this field can be used for defining the service as “TRANSPORT”. An optional string field for shortcode that defines the function that the service is providing. E.g. “MISVPN” or “AIM”. URL to endpoint where more details can be gotten. Orchestration status of the service instance.