Figure EC.01 - Entity and Federated Catalog Specification

The following Figure shows the addition of a FederatedCatalogSpecification and an EntityCatalogSpeciffication as subclasses of CatalogSpecification. Like the other types of CatalogSpecifications their content can be dynamically defined at run time. The EntityCatalogSpecification enables any catalog, such as the VNFCatalog mentioned in the Examples, to be defined. The FederatedCatalogSpecificationComprisedOf association enables any combination of the subclasses to be federated supporting the dynamic NFV Catalog Federation requirement in the Examples.<br/><br/>