SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
Abstract
Today’s IT environment incorporates various products that are intended to store, protect, secure and make available the information used by businesses and business processes. These products encompass elements used in both the data and control path between the user and the locations of that information. Standards exist and are emerging for interoperability between these elements, however, what is missing is a comprehensive description of where interoperability is needed and where standards can best be applied.
This document sets out a model of these elements that describes a logical view of their capabilities and functions using a descriptive taxonomy. The purpose of this model is to form a basis upon which industry efforts can be organized, needed standards identified and vendor products can be described by vendor independent terminology.