Hi John,

Thanks for writing this down -- a few comments.

You mix the NMwg with the NML terminology -- the NML terminology has improved much since the NMwg documents, and will deprecate the NMwg schema.

Here is a comparison table between NML and NSI, as far as we see.
NSI                NML
End Device    ---  Node
Edgepoint     ---  Port
Network       ---  Topology  (*1)
Link          ---  Link
Segment       ---  (under discussion)
Service Group ---  n/a
Level         ---  Layer

(*1) If I understand your "network" correctly; the term network has different meanings.

Segment is still under discussion. We've used the term "Channel" a few times, but there is no group consensus. Segment refers to a multi layer concept, which will be defines in a separate schema.

NML hasn't defined Service Group. It seems an important concept, so perhaps we should.

Have you seen the terminology comparison table at
http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc15512

Regards,
Freek Dijkstra
Jeroen van der Ham