ETSI GS ZSM 007 V1.1.1 (2019-08)

Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM); Terminology for concepts in ZSM

DGS/ZSM-007ed111_Terminology

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 12-Aug-2019
• Technical Committee: ZSM - Zero-touch network and Service Management
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 10-Sep-2019
• Completion Date: 13-Aug-2019

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ETSI GS ZSM 007 V1.1.1 (2019-08)






GROUP SPECIFICATION
Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM);
Terminology for concepts in ZSM
Disclaimer
The present document has been produced and approved by the Zero touch network and Service Management (ZSM) ETSI
Industry Specification Group (ISG) and represents the views of those members who participated in this ISG.
It does not necessarily represent the views of the entire ETSI membership.

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Reference
DGS/ZSM-007ed111_Terminology
Keywords
management, service, terminology, vocabulary

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
2.1 Normative references . 5
2.2 Informative references . 5
3 Definition of terms, symbols and definitions . 5
3.1 Terms . 5
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
Annex A (informative): Change History . 10
History . 11


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Intellectual Property Rights
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pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
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Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
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Foreword
This Group Specification (GS) has been produced by ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) Zero touch network and
Service Management (ZSM).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document provides a glossary of terms and concepts related to Zero touch network and Service
Management (ZSM) with the goal to achieve a common language across all the ETSI ISG ZSM deliverables and to
serve as terminology reference for use across the industry. Where necessary, verbose descriptions providing background
for formal concise definitions will be documented.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
Not applicable.
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] MEF Reference Wiki.
NOTE: Available at https://wiki.mef.net/display/CESG/MEF+Reference+Wiki.
[i.2] ETSI GS NFV 003: "Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Terminology for Main Concepts in
NFV".
[i.3] ETSI GS ZSM 002: "Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM); Reference
Architecture".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and definitions
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply:
artificial intelligence: algorithms that are capable of human-like traits, e.g. knowledge representation, reasoning,
planning, learning, and acting, and decides on actions to be taken that maximizes the chances of achieving a target goal
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authorized consumer: service consumer, inside or outside a given management domain, that is allowed to use the
offered services
cross-domain data services: services that allow to share data with authorized consumers across management domains
data governance: processes to define and enforce access restrictions to data, and to attach related metadata to the data
End-to-End Service (E2ES): CFS composed from RFSs and/or CFSs originating from one or multiple domains
E2E service management domain: management domain specialized to manage E2E services
external visibility: property of a ZSM service that indicates whether the scope of the service consumption spans
outside the management domain
NOTE: Conventions for external visibility are defined in clause 3.4 of ETSI GS ZSM 002 [i.3].
federated orchestration: orchestration performed by multiple autonomous management domains
NOTE: Autonomous domains in this context is related to independent (or self-regulating), not to be confused with
the degree of automation.
hierarchical orchestration: orchestration decomposed into one or more hierarchical interactions where parts of the
service are delegated to a subordinate orchestrator
integration fabric: management function that plays both the roles of service consumer and service producer and which
facilitates the interoperation and communication between management functions
intent-based interface: interface to phrase the consumer request(s) of what is required in a declarative form
key performance indicator: measurement of a specific aspect of the performance of a service that can be used in a
service level objective
machine intelligence:
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