Summary of xml element and attribute types

Table 15: Summary of the elements of an XML network file (part 1)

Element	Cardinality	Sub-elements	Attributes
domain	[1,1]	info, topology, mpls, igp, bgp	name, ASID
info	[0,1]	title, date, author, description	-
title	[0,1]	string	-
date	[0,1]	date	-
author	[0,1]	string	-
description	[0,1]	string	-
units	[0,1]	unit	-
unit	[1,$\infty$ [	-	type, value
diff-serv	[0,1]	priority	-
priority	[1,8]	-	id, ct, preemption
srlgs	[0,1]	srlg	-
srlg	[1,$\infty$ [	string	id
topology	[1,1]	nodes, links	-
nodes	[1,1]	node	-
node	[1,$\infty$ ]	status, rid, name, description, type,	id
		location, interfaces
status	[0,1]	string : UP or DOWN	-
rid	[0,1]	string : IP address	-
name	[0,1]	string	-
description	[0,1]	string	-
type	[0,1]	string : CORE or EDGE	-
location	[0,1]	-	longitude, latitude
interfaces	[0,1]	interface	-
interface	[1,$\infty$ [	status, ip	id, mask
status	[0,1]	string : UP or DOWN	-
ip	[0,1]	string : IP address	-
links	[0,1]	link	-
link	[1,$\infty$ ]	from, to, status, description, type,	id
		technology, delay, srlgs
from	[1,1]	-	node, if
to	[1,1]	-	as, node, if
status	[0,1]	string : UP or DOWN	-
description	[0,1]	string	-
type	[0,1]	string : INTRA or INTER	-
bw	[0,1]	float	-
technology	[0,1]	string	-
delay	[0,1]	float	-
srlgs	[0,1]	srlg	-
srlg	[1,$\infty$ ]	integer	-

Table 16: Summary of the elements of an XML network file (part 2)

Element	Cardinality	Sub-elements	Attributes
mpls	[0,1]	lsp	-
lsp	[1,$\infty$ ]	path, bw, metric, max_rate,	id
		diff-serv, backup
path	[1,1]	link	-
bw	[0,1]	float	-
metric	[0,1]	float	-
max_rate	[0,1]	float	-
diff-serv	[0,1]	ct, preemption	-
backup	[0,1]	protected_lsp, protected_links
link	[1,$\infty$ ]	string	-
ct	[1,1]	integer $\in$ [0,7]	-
preemption	[1,1]	-	setup, holding
protected_lsp	[0,1]	string	-
protected_links	[1,1]	protected_link	-
protected_link	[1,$\infty$ ]	string	-
igp	[0,1]	link	type
link	[1,$\infty$ ]	static, dynamic	id
static	[0,1]	metric, te-metric, mrbw, mbw,	-
		admingroup, diff-serv
dynamic	[0,1]	rbw	-
metric	[0,1]	float	-
te-metric	[0,1]	float	-
mrbw	[0,1]	float	-
mbw	[0,1]	float	-
admingroup	[0,1]	integer	-
diff-serv	[0,1]	bcm, bc	-
bcm	[1,1]	string : MAM or RDM	-
bc	[1,$\infty$ ]	float	id
rbw	[1,1]	priority	-
priority	[1,8]	float	id

Table 17: Summary of the attributes of an XML network file

Attribute	Element	mandatory	type
name	domain	No	string
ASID	domain	Yes	integer
type	unit	Yes	{delay, bandwidth}
value	unit	Yes	{ns, $\mu$ s, ms, s, bps, kbps, mbps, gbps}
id	priority	Yes	Integer $\in [7,0]$
ct	priority	Yes	Integer $\in [7,0]$
preemption	priority	Yes	Integer $\in [7,0]$
id	srlg	Yes	Integer
id	node	Yes	string
longitude	location	Yes	float
latitude	location	Yes	float
id	interface	Yes	string
mask	interface	Yes	IP mask (X.X.X.X/Y)
node	from	Yes	string
if	from	No	string
as	to	No	integer
node	to	Yes	string
if	to	No	string
id	lsp	Yes	string
setup	preemption	Yes	integer $\in$ [0,7]
holding	preemption	Yes	integer $\in$ [0,7]
type	igp	No	string : ISIS or OSPF
id	link	Yes	string
id	bc	Yes	integer
id	priority	Yes	integer $\in$ [0,7]