Information Framework (SID) Suite Release Notes Release 13-5 v3-5-4

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Information Framework (SID)

Release 13.5
Release Notes
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Contents
Notice...................................................................................................................................................................2
Contents..............................................................................................................................................................3
List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................................4
1. Overview of the Evolution in this release (Information Framework Release 13.5) .............................5
1.1.
Document Introduction............................................................................................................5
1.1.1. Who is this Document for? ......................................................................................................5
1.1.2. Where did the Document content come from? ......................................................................5
1.2.
Summary of Change Requests applied in this release.........................................................5
2. Release Definition ..........................................................................................................................................9
2.3.
Document Release Definition .................................................................................................9
2.4.
Model Release Definition..................................................................................................... 11
3. Linkage to other Projects, Charters and Products................................................................................ 13
3.1
TM Forum Frameworx ......................................................................................................... 13
3.2
Others .................................................................................................................................. 13
4. Known Issues .............................................................................................................................................. 14
5. ADMINISTRATIVE APPENDIX................................................................................................................... 15
5.1. Version History ................................................................................................................................. 15
5.2. Release History ................................................................................................................................ 15
5.3. Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................ 15
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List of Figures
N/A
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Release Notes
1. Overview of the Evolution in this release (Information

Framework Release 13.5)
This release of the Information Framework contains a new Metrics ABE, development of the
Customer Problem ABE, major updates to the Logical Resource ABE / Software ABE and other
Logical Resource ABE updates, as well as a new Umbrella (Unified) Resource information model
and a Network Architecture information model. All the contents are based on submitted change
requests. Additional minor change requests were also implemented in this release.
1.1. Document Introduction

1.1.1. Who is this Document for?
This document is targeted for readers who are already familiar with the content of previous release.
It provides a high level overview of the delta between this release and former release.
1.1.2. Where did the Document content come from?

The material is drawn from a repository of information under the guidance of several Chartered
teams within the TM Forum Collaboration system. The team are composed of TM Forum
Members and Staff, and have been assembling this knowledge for several decades. The
particular changes to any one version are the result of strategic debate within the Membership, and
typically address the concerns of the day.
1.2. Summary of Change Requests applied in this release

Key features in this release of the Information Framework are:
CR Number
artf4063
CR Name (hyperlinked)
Consolidate and generalize metrics entities
across the SID
Description
Business Benefit
This request is
focused on
developing a
generalized set of
metric entities that
can be used as
needed in the SID.
Currently disparate
metrics entities
exist in
Performance,
Service Level
Specs, and
Revenue
Assurance KPIs.
Single view of
metric information
across the
framework
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CR Number
wrong figure in addendum 2
artf4585
artf4632
Error in diagram C.05 (addendum 2)
artf4377
Customer Problem model
artf4288
Resource Computing and Software
artf4638
Enhancements to Information Framework for

delivery in Fx13.5
Description
In addendum 2
Customer figures
15 and 15a show
the same diagram
- the mistake is in
figure 15 - it should
be replaced with
Figure
15 from the model
The diagram in the
Customer guide
book shows
DisputedAmount
entity "from
DisputedAmount
ABE" (type in ABE
name). This typo
was fixed in the
model a
couple of versions
ago but the
diagram was not
updated in the
guide book.
Business Benefit
Improve quality of
guide books.
Improve quality of
guide books.
Develop Customer
Problem ABE
Continue to
develop ABEs for
use by members
Demonstrate SID
support for
computing and
applications in Fx
13.5
1) Enhancements
Further
demonstrated uses
of the Information
Framework
to the Converged
Network ABE
2) Minor update to
the Information
Demonstrate
collaboration with
other industry
groups to enhance
the Information
Framework.
Architecture (that
was to have been
delivered in Fx13).
3) Minor updates
to the UIM
(including a name
change from UNIM
which was to have
been delivered in
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CR Number
Description
Business Benefit
Fx13)
Minor Updates:
artf2356
https://collab.tmforum.org/sf/go/artf2356/
artf2896
artf2899
artf2390
artf2779
TIP Logical
Resource
ABE::Network
Resource
Fulfillment ABE all
role attribute of the
associations are
marked as private
against the SID
guidelines, they
should all become
public.
There is an
inconsistency
between the model
and the Product
addendum GB9223 within the
Product Offering
Price Rule ABE;
the
ProductOfferPrice
Condition entity in
the model files has
an attribute
priceRuleCondition
Type, whose name
in the
corresponding
addendum is
priceRuleCompone
ntType
Update Payment
model association
multiplicity.
Improved layout of
figure 4SO-08
Align model with

published
guidelines
Moved the 2
association
classes and 2
association
associated to
these classes from
Resource
Management ABE
up one level to the
resource ABE then
removed the
Improve model
quality
Align model and

guide book
Reflect the way

payments are
actually handled
Improve model
quality
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CR Number
artf3224
Description
Resource
Management ABE
which became
empty.
On page 9 of
GB922_addendum
_2_R9-0_V9-7 pdf
file there is a figure
C.2 customer
business entities.
The
ContactMedium
object is shown as
in a package
"Contact". Where
does this package
exist? Not
mentioned
anywhere in the
documentation.
Business Benefit
Improve quality of
guide book
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Release Notes
2. Release Definition
The Information Framework is documented in for form of guide books (addenda) and model files
as described in the following tables.
2.3. Document Release Definition

Document
Name
Version
Document
Status
Date
New/
Updated
in this
release
READ_ME_FIRST_NOTE
READ ME FIRST
NOTE Information
Framework
Information
Framework (SID)
Suite Release Notes
Information
Framework (SID):
Concepts & Principles
Information
Framework Model
Differences
Primer for the
Information
Framework (SID)
SID Agreement
2.5.2
Reference
Material
November
2013
3.5.4
Reference
Material
November
2013
7.4.1
TM Forum
Approved
October
2012
13.5.0
Reference
Material
November
2013
1.6.1
TM Forum
Approved
September
2011
6.7.1
6.12.1
September
2011
October
2013
September
2011
October
2012
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
October
2012
August
2012
GB922 1J
SID Business
Interaction
SID Business Entity
Base Types
Common Business
Entity Definitions
Capacity Catalog Business
Entities
TIP Common
Model Information
Agreement
SID Project
TM Forum
Approved
Member
Evaluation
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
GB922 1L
SID Location
3.8.1
GB922 1 Metric
SID Metric
1.9.1
GB922 1P
SID Party
9.10.1
GB922 1 Performance
Performance
Business Entities
1.13.1
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
Member
Evaluation
Member
Evaluation
TM Forum
Approved
August
2013
August
2013
October
2013
October
2013
August
2013
RN310
GB922 CP
GB922- D
GB922 0
GB922 1A
GB922 1BI
GB922 1BT
GB922 1CAP
GB922 1 Catalog
TIP_Common_IA
4.5.1
1.2.1
1.1.1
1.1
2.7.1
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Document
Name
Version
Document
Status
Date
TIP_PM_Mon_IA
Performance
Management
Monitoring
Information
Agreement
Thresholding
Information
Agreement
SID Policy
1.0
TM Forum
Approved
April 2013
1.0
Member
Evaluated
April 2013
1.4.1
SID Root Business

Entities
SID Time Related
Entities
Using the Information
Framework (SID))
Users and Roles
9.7.1
9.4.1
GB922 2
Usage Business
Entities
SID Customer
GB922 3
SID Product
9.14.1
GB922 4SO
SID Service Overview
9.10.1
GB922 4S-QoS
SID Quality of Service
1.4.1
TIP-SPM-IA
Service Problem
Management
Information
Agreement (note
Service Problem
Management
Information
Agreement used as
the SID addendum)
SID Logical Resource
1.0
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
Member
Evaluation
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
September
2011
September
2011
October
2012
September
2011
August
2013
September
2011
October
2013
August
2013
August
2013
September
2011
May 2011
Computing and
Software
SID Physical
Resource
Market / Sales
1.2.1
Resource Alarm
Management
Information
Agreement (note this
is used as the SID
1.1
Member
Evaluation
Member
Evaluation
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
Member
Evaluated
October
2013
October
2013
August
2013
September
2011
April 2013
TIP_PM_Thr_IA
GB922 1POL
GB922 1R
GB922 1T
GB922 1U
GB922 1UR
GB922 1 Usage
GB922 5LR
GB922 5LR Annex
GB922 5PR
GB922 6
TIP-RAM-IA
1.7.1
8.6.1
1.6.1
10.5.1
10.5.1
9.8.1
2.5.1
New/
Updated
in this
release
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Document
Name
Version
Document
Status
Date
1.0
TM Forum
Approved
March
2012
1.5.1
TM Forum
Approved
September
2011
GB922-7 Security
Maintenance,
Protection and Alarm
Control (this and the
SID Performance
addendum represent
the complete set of
performance-related
documentation)
SID: Enterprise
Domain Revenue
Assurance Business
Entities
SID Security
1.5.1
GB922-7
Workforce
1.2.1
GB922-8
SID Supplier Partner
2.3.1
GB922 X
SID XSD Schema

Overview
1.6.1
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
TM Forum
Approved
October
2012
October
2012
October
2012
September
2011
New/
Updated
in this
release
addendum)
TIP-MPAC-IA
GB922-7RA
2.4. Model Release Definition

It is recommended to read the Information Framework Release Notes before
extracting the contents of any Information Framework zip file.
The Information Framework model comes in many different formats as described
below.
Information Framework Models:
Information Framework
(SID) Release 13.5 HTML
Model Zip file
Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model. One

format provides figures in JPG format; another provides
figures in PNG format
(SID) Release 13.5 XMI zip
XMI interchange format with main SID model contained

within a single XMI file for importing the SID into other
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file
UML tools that support the interchange format.
(SID) Release 13.5 UML
zip file
UML Model in Project Archive format.
(SID) Release 13.5 UML
2.0 Format
SID UML 2.0 format for tools that can directly read UML
2.0 files rather than or in addition to XMI.
(SID) Release 13.5 XSDs
zip file
Information Framework (SID) XSDs generated by the

Joint Open Source Interface Framework tool
(SID) Release 13.5 in
Microsoft Excel
Excel model of Information Framework
Network Resource Architecture Models:

Network Resource
Architecture Release 13.5
HTML Model Zip file

Network Resource
XMI zip file

Network Resource
UML zip file
Network Resource
UML 2.0 Format
Umbrella Information Models:

Umbrella Information
Model Release 13.5 HTML
Model Zip file

Model Release 13.5 XMI
zip file

Model Release 13.5 UML
zip file
Model Release 13.5 UML
2.0 Format
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Release Notes
3. Linkage to other Projects, Charters and Products

There are linkages within the TM Forum programs as well with others.
3.1TM Forum Frameworx

The Information Framework is one of the key components of the TM Forum
Frameworx. TM Forum Frameworx (the successor of the well-known NGOSS)
enable users to analyze their business operations against industry processes,
applications and information standards. They also provide a framework to support the
procurement, development and implementation of a comprehensive operations
environment. Frameworx may be used as an integrated system end-to-end or as
components to solve particular problems. They can be applied throughout
organizations by operations staff, software developers and system integrators.
As a significant step forward for its Frameworx, TM Forum has launched the Initiative
to identify common elements and synergies among its core frameworks: Business
Process Framework (eTOM), Information Framework (SID), Application Framework
(TAM) and Integration Framework.
To see how this framework fits in to the complete TM Forum Frameworx release,
kindly refer to the TM Forum Frameworx Release Notes.
For more information please go to the TM Forum Frameworx web page.
3.2 Others
The Information Framework Release Performance addendum contains possible
impacts to other TM Forum work products that need to be addressed in future
releases.
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4. Known Issues
None
CR Identifier if
known
CR Name (with
hyperlink)
Workaround / comments
Planned fix
release
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5. ADMINISTRATIVE APPENDIX
This Appendix provides additional background material about this document.
5.1. Version History

<This section records the changes between this and the previous document version as it is edited
by the team concerned. Note: this is an incremental number which does not have to match the
release number>
Version Number
Date Modified
Modified by:
3.0
30 April 2013
John Reilly
3.1
6 May 2013
Alicja Kawecki
3.2
5 June 2013
Josh Salomon
3.3
5 June 2013
Ccile Ludwichowski
3.4
11 June 2013
John Reilly
updates
3.5
30 Sept 2013
John Reilly
3.5.1
21 October 2013
Alicja Kawecki
Notice, sections 2.3 and 2.4
3.5.2
6 November 2013 John Reilly
implemented
3.5.3
6 November 2013 Alicja Kawecki
3.5.4
12 November 2013 Alicja Kawecki
Description of changes
Draft status
Updated section 2.3
Updated section 1.2
Updated section 1.
Updated to reflect doc and model
Update to reflect doc and model
Updated cover, header, footer,
Added minor CRs that were
Updated sections 2.3 and 2.4
Updated section 2.3
5.2. Release History

<This section records the changes between this and the previous Official document release>
Release Number
R13.5
R13.5
Date Modified
30 Apr 2013
30 Sept 2013
Modified by:
John Reilly
John Reilly
Description of changes
First version
Second version
5.3. Acknowledgments
This document was prepared by the following people:
Authors: John Reilly
Editor: John Reilly
Reviewers and contributors:
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1. Overview of the Evolution in this release (Information

1.1. Document Introduction

1.1.2. Where did the Document content come from?

1.2. Summary of Change Requests applied in this release

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Error in diagram C.05 (addendum 2)

Customer Problem model

Resource Computing and Software

Enhancements to Information Framework for

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Align model with

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Align model and

Reflect the way

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2.3. Document Release Definition

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SID Root Business

SID Service Overview

SID Quality of Service

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SID Supplier Partner

SID XSD Schema

2.4. Model Release Definition

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model. One

XMI interchange format with main SID model contained

TM Forum 2013. All Rights Reserved.

UML tools that support the interchange format.

UML Model in Project Archive format.

Information Framework (SID) XSDs generated by the

Excel model of Information Framework

Network Resource Architecture Models:

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model. One

XMI interchange format with main SID model contained

UML Model in Project Archive format.

Umbrella Information Models:

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model. One

XMI interchange format with main SID model contained

UML Model in Project Archive format.

TM Forum 2013. All Rights Reserved.

3. Linkage to other Projects, Charters and Products

3.1TM Forum Frameworx

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5.1. Version History

5.2. Release History

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