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   <front>
      <title>Framework for Normalizing Multi-Vendor Network Inputs for LLM-Assisted Network Management</title>
      <author initials="S." surname="Prabhu" fullname="Shailesh Prabhu">
         <organization>Nokia</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="May" day="6" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to assist network
   management tasks such as troubleshooting, intent translation, and
   automation.  Network operations, however, rely on data from many
   vendors and sources: CLI output, configuration snippets, telemetry,
   alarms, and vendor-specific APIs.  These inputs differ in format,
   structure, and semantics, which makes it difficult to present a
   consistent interface to an LLM.  This document describes a framework
   for standardizing such multi-vendor inputs for LLM-assisted network
   management.  Incoming messages from multi-vendor network elements are
   first handled by an Input Classifier, which determines the nature of
   each input and assigns it to one of three categories: performance,
   configuration, or response, using a hybrid approach (rule-based
   classification first, with escalation to a Small Language Model (SLM)
   when rules are insufficient).  The classified input is then passed to
   the corresponding Structurer among the Performance Structurer,
   Configuration Structurer, and Response Structurer, each of which
   produces a normalized, structured representation (typically with SLM
   assistance and optional confidence scoring).  That structured output
   is fed to a Prompt Schema Generator, which creates a structured,
   vendor-agnostic schema and supplies schema-aligned prompts to the
   central LLM.  This document specifies the architecture and component
   roles for use in design and implementation.  It does not define a
   wire protocol; it is published for informational purposes.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-prabhu-nmrg-prompt-schema-llm-00" />
   
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