System and Method for Metadata Enhanced Inventory Management of a Communications System

摘要

A method for management entity operations includes parsing a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system, the parsing to produce a parsed request and dependency information related to the request, and generating sets of model elements in accordance with context tokens and content tokens derived from the parsed request, the content tokens including extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata of the parsed request. The method also includes generating a platform-neutral description of results of the request from an optimized graph derived from the sets of model elements, executing the request to collect the data as requested, and storing the data as collected.

主权项

1. A method for management entity operations, the method comprising:
parsing, by a management entity, a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system, the parsing to produce a parsed request and dependency information related to the request; generating, by the management entity, sets of model elements in accordance with context tokens and content tokens derived from the parsed request, the content tokens including extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata of the parsed request; generating, by the management entity, a platform-neutral description of results of the request from an optimized graph derived from the sets of model elements; executing, by the management entity, the request to collect the data as requested; and storing, by the management entity, the data as collected.