ISO/IEC 10164-14:1996/Cor 1:1999 PDF

Overview

ISO/IEC 10164-14:1996/Cor 1:1999 is a Technical Corrigendum to the OSI Systems Management standard on confidence and diagnostic test categories. Published jointly with ITU-T Rec. X.737, this corrigendum makes editorial and registry corrections to ASN.1 modules, parameter/package/attribute names, notification definitions and joint-iso-itu-t registrations. The document aligns naming, registration OIDs and notification/package semantics with related ISO/IEC and ITU-T specifications to ensure interoperability of OSI systems-management implementations.

Key topics and technical changes

• ASN.1 module fixes and renames: Corrections to ASN.1 identifiers (for example, replacing older module names with standardized identifiers such as connectionTestResults, loopbackResult, protocolIntegrityResults, etc.).
• Package and notification updates: Insertion and replacement of test result packages (e.g., connectionTestResultPackage, connectivityTestResultPackage, dataIntegrityTestResultPackage, loopbackTestResultPackage, protocolIntegrityTestResultPackage, resourceSelfTestResultPackage, testInfrastructureTestResultPackage) and their NOTIFICATIONS linking to Rec. X.745 / ISO/IEC 10164-12 testResultNotification types.
• Registration OID corrections: Explicit registration of managed object classes, packages, parameters and attributes under the joint-iso-itu-t OID tree (ms(9) function(2) part14(14) ...), replacing placeholder identifiers.
• Parameter and attribute adjustments: Additions of new parameters (e.g., loopbackTxDelayParam), removal or relocation of BEHAVIOUR clauses, correction of typos (e.g., loopbackResults → loopbackResult), and punctuation fixes to DEFINED AS clauses.
• Event and context consistency: Ensuring parameters are defined with appropriate CONTEXT (e.g., EVENT-INFO) and consistent TestCategories-ASN1Module references.

Practical applications and users

• Network management system (NMS) vendors and developers implementing OSI-based systems management (MIB modules / ASN.1 modules) will use this corrigendum to:
  • Update managed object registrations and naming to match official OID allocations.
  • Correct notification and test result package definitions for reliable unsolicited reporting.
  • Ensure interoperability between agents and managers across vendors in telecommunications and enterprise networks.
• Standards bodies, integrators, and test labs will reference the corrigendum when validating compliance with ISO/IEC 10164-14 and ITU-T X.737/X.745.
• Systems integrators working on legacy OSI or hybrid environments where precise ASN.1 and MIB semantics affect diagnostics, monitoring and automated fault handling.

Related standards

• ISO/IEC 10164-14:1996 (base standard)
• ISO/IEC 10164-12:1994 / ITU-T Rec. X.745 (test result notification definitions)
• ITU-T Rec. X.737 (1995) / Cor.1 (1998) (aligned recommendation referenced by the corrigendum)
• ISO/IEC 10165-2 (referenced for time/actualTestTimePackage in original text)

This corrigendum is essential reading for implementers who must align ASN.1 modules, notification packages and joint-iso-itu-t registrations to ensure robust OSI systems-management diagnostics and confidence testing. Keywords: ISO/IEC 10164-14, technical corrigendum, OSI systems management, test categories, ASN.1, notifications, joint-iso-itu-t, X.737, X.745.