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7. Properties of Nodes

7.1 Definition

Properties of Nodes are used to provide meta information about the Node in question. All properties in this section are run-time properties, e.g. they are available during the lifetime of their associated Node. Section 9.4.3 deals with the properties used in the context of device descriptions, which are completely separate from the run-time properties dealt with here. Property ACL Format Name Size Title TStamp Type VerNo

Explanation Access Control List

Specifies how Node values should be interpreted The name of the Node in the tree Size of the Node value in bytes Human readable name

Time stamp, date and time of last change

The MIME type of a Leaf Node’s value or a URN representing the Management Object identifier for Interior Nodes which root a Management Object sub-tree Version number, automatically incremented at each modification

Table 2: Run-time properties

It MUST NOT be possible to create new properties in an existing device.

7.2 Supported properties

Devices MAY support different sets of properties. Some properties are OPTIONAL for a device to implement, but all are REQUIRED for servers. The following table defines property support for devices. Property

Device support

Size

MAY for Leaf Nodes

MUST NOT for Interior Nodes

Table 3: Property support for devices