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2.7. Conformance Statements
2.7. Conformance Statements
It may be useful to define the acceptable lower-bounds of
implementation, along with the actual level of implementation
achieved. It is the purpose of the Conformance Statements for
SNMPv2 document [15] to define the notation used for these
purposes. There are two kinds of notations:
- Compliance statements are used when describing
requirements for agents with respect to object
definitions. An ASN.1 macro, MODULE-COMPLIANCE, is used
to concisely convey such requirements.
- Capability statements are used when describing
capabilities of agents with respect to object
definitions. An ASN.1 macro, AGENT-CAPABILITIES, is used
to concisely convey such capabilities.
Finally, collections of related objects are grouped together
to form a unit of conformance. An ASN.1 macro, OBJECT-GROUP,
is used to concisely convey the syntax and semantics of a
group.
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