[nm-wg] Topics for Next Call

[Tanya Brethour <brethour@ncsa.uiuc.edu>]

Hello! I'd like to request that the following two issues be brought up on
the next call.

As one of the main designers of the Advisor, I have been spending a good
deal of time figuring out what we need to do in order to use the current
NM-WG schema. Currently, we would require some changes to the schema in
order to use it at all.

The Advisor is a very flexible framework in that whoever installs our
Performance Data Collector, they can plug in any tool they wish to gather
metrics. We do not have absolute control over what metrics a PDC will
provide. Therefore, in order for us to use the current schema we would
need the following changes: 

	1) The ability to return more then one metric in a single xml
	envelope: We need the ability to return all metrics since we do
	not necessarily know metrics are available on our measurement	
	point.
	2) A generic container for metrics: I noticed that the string
	NetworkCharacteristic was removed and there are bunch of predefined
	metrics in the schema. What we need (for things such as Web100) is the
	ability to return anything we want, and its value.

I'm willing to discuss these more in detail if needed... or if you have
solutions to these problems, let me know.

Thanks,
Tanya Brethour
NLANR/DAST