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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Erik,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Starting at “Level 1” makes sense to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hugh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> SMWG <smwg-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barkley, Erik J (US 3970) via SMWG<br><b>Sent:</b> 13 February 2025 20:01<br><b>To:</b> CCSDS Service Mgmt WG <smwg@mailman.ccsds.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [cssm] Service management levels<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>CSSM Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thinking a bit more about the different service management levels, it occurs to me that maybe we don't want to call the most essential CCSDS interoperability service management specifications "level 0", but really rather "level 1" (level one). It occurs to me that our various organizations already have service management implementations and in fact really level 0 (level zero) could be used as reference to current inter-operations whereby interoperability is bilaterally negotiated. I guess it is a question of whether or not we want to draw this contrast. If we do then perhaps calling current implementations level -1 (i.e. level negative/minus one) is not such a good idea. And I think at some point we will probably need to make such a contrast. I realize this is essentially just semantics, and not anything that really affects what we are working toward with the best practices, but I think it is a consideration in how to present this to the various implementing organizations. Any thoughts on this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-Erik <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>