Space Link Extension - Service Management - CCSDS

DRAFT RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR SPACE LINK EXTENSION SERVICE MANAGEMENT
1.7.1.5.5 Sender and Receiver
The SLE-SM document exchange protocol is described in terms of transmitting an SLE-SM
Message Set from a Sender to a Receiver. On the occurrence of certain exception conditions,
the Receiver sends SLE-SM Exception Responses (see 1.7.1.5.8) to the Sender.
1.7.1.5.6 SLE-SM Document
A standard-content communiqué exchanged between SLE-SM Sender and Receiver entities,
containing either SLE-SM Message Sets (see 1.7.1.5.7) or SLE-SM Exception Responses
(see 1.7.1.5.8).
1.7.1.5.7 SLE-SM Message Set
An ordered collection of one or more SLE-SM messages sent from a Sender to a Receiver in
a single SLE-SM Document.
1.7.1.5.8 SLE-SM Exception Response
A standard-content communiqué that is returned from the Receiver to the Sender when the
processing of a received document results in exception conditions.
1.7.1.5.9 SLE-SM Message
A standard-content component of an SLE-SM Message Set that is one of the four generic
SLE-SM message types: invocation, operation return, notification, and confirmation.
1.7.1.5.10 Syntactic Validation
Determination that a received document is a properly formed SLE-SM document of a
version that is supported by the Receiver.
1.7.1.5.11 Authorization Validation
The validation of an SLE-SM Message Set to ensure that the Sender of the message set is
authorized to send messages in the context of the Service Agreement and that the Service
Agreement is supported by the Receiver.
1.7.1.5.12 Service Management Validation
The validation of an SLE-SM message to ensure that the values of the parameters of the
message are consistent among themselves, that the contents of the message are within the
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