Network description tools and standards
F. Dijkstra, Jeroen van der Ham, Ronald van der Pol · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) · 2009
Setting up high-speed network connections - light paths - is still a manual effort taking two to three weeks. The network engineers need a clear picture of the network topology in order to plan and configure light paths. The Network Markup Language (NML) standardizes network topology and state information. The University of Amsterdam and SARA Computing & Networking Services in the Netherlands are contributing to this effort, with the ultimate goal being to automatically set up and manage light paths.