Implementing the TM Forum Information Framework (SID)

large areas, called domains, which represent key concepts of interest to every information and communications enterprise. The domains include concepts such as Market/Sales, Product, Customer, Service, Resource, Supplier/Partner, and Enterprise as shown in Figure 1.01

The SID as a data model represents a physical implementation of the SID logical view of things.

is interesting to note that while the SID Framework is presented as a top-down decomposition, it was actually developed from the bottom up!

In another case where application boundaries can assist in determining the technique to use, consider a Mediation application.

• Update anomaly • Insert anomaly

Similar to the Business Process Framework’s (eTOM) framework that provides a decomposition of business processes, the SID is organized into a framework that represents a decomposition of information.

The SID provides a standard way of structuring, defining, and implementing information and behavior.

Extensibility of the Information Framework (SID)

multiple data models to be developed and generated from a single information model.