Hiro et al, As promised, below is the link to the NGNMFG document (called the NGN Management Specification Roadmap) where the NGNMFG template is utilized and the TYPE categories are applied. See clause 3 of the Roadmap for the NGNMFG taxonomy and clause 4 for its application: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com04/roadmap.html Dave