Long-Term Items

Schemas with Multiple Event Types Support

Status: Not started

Responsible: None

Prerequisites: Unknown

Currently, when a DLF schema represents different kind of


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events, it is done by using a subset of all the fields present in the schema. An example of this can be found in the firewall superservice which provides support for IDS, packet accounting and packet filtering kind of events.

A limitations of the current approach is that the fields required for a particular events can't be specified. Another limitation is that similar events across superservice cannot be identified.

A proposed solution can be found in the document sent by Arnaud Taddei to the development mailing list.

Cross-superservice reporting

Status: Not started

Responsible: None

Prerequisites: Unknown, probably the section called “Schemas with Multiple Event Types Support”

One things often requested by users is the ability to generate reports across superservices.

One possible solution which would use normalized events schema across superservice is explained in the document sent by Arnaud Taddei to the development mailing list.