{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["006:55"], "contactPoint": {"fn": "Amar Abane", "hasEmail": "mailto:amar.abane@nist.gov"}, "description": "To address the increasing complexity of network management and the limitations of data repositories in handling the various network operational data, this paper proposes a novel repository design that uniformly represents network operational data while allowing for a multiple abstractions access to the information. This smart repository simplifies network management functions by enabling network verification directly within the repository. The data is organized in a knowledge graph compatible with any general-purpose graph database, offering a comprehensive and extensible network repository. Performance evaluations confirm the feasibility of the proposed design. The repository's ability to natively support 'what-if' scenario evaluation is demonstrated by verifying Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route policies and analyzing forwarding behavior with virtual Traceroute.", "distribution": [{"accessURL": "https://github.com/usnistgov/smart-network-repository", "format": "Github repo", "title": "Smart network repository demo"}], "identifier": "ark:/88434/mds2-3109", "issued": "2024-01-18", "keyword": ["network management", "network data", "repository", "knowledge graph", "SDN", "Neo4j", "control plane verification", "data plane analysis"], "language": ["en"], "license": "https://www.nist.gov/open/license", "modified": "2023-11-15 00:00:00", "programCode": ["006:045"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Standards and Technology"}, "theme": ["Information Technology:Networking"], "title": "Smart network repository based on Neo4j native graph database"}