Data Discovery Problem Statement
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Network Working Group                                         M. McBride
Internet-Draft                                                 Futurewei
Intended status: Standards Track                             D. Kutscher
Expires: January 11, 2021                               Emden University
                                                             E. Schooler
                                                                   Intel
                                                           CJ. Bernardos
                                                                    UC3M
                                                                D. Lopez
                                                          Telefonica I+D
                                                           July 10, 2020

                    Data Discovery Problem Statement
           draft-mcbride-data-discovery-problem-statement-00

Abstract

   If data is the new oil of the 21st century, then we need a
   standardized way of locating, capturing, classifying and transforming
   this raw data to generate insights and recommendations.  Data, like
   oil, needs to be discovered and captured in order to be refined and
   valuable.  While the topic of data discovery can be far reaching,
   this document focuses on the problem of actually locating data,
   throughout a network of data servers, in a standardized way.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Problem Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Existing Solutions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Proprietary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  Opensource  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   7.  Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   8.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6

1.  Introduction

   There are myriad proprietary and standardized ways of discovering
   networking devices and hosts.  There are many solutions for
   discovering data within a database.  There are proprietary, non-
   standardized, ways of discovering the data that may be stored
   throughout an environment of networking devices.  We can discover
   information about the devices but can't locate and capture stored
   data in a standard way.  With more networking devices storing
   collected data there needs to be a standard way of discovering the
   specific data needed amongst a potentially huge lake of databases.

1.1.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

2.  Problem Scope

   Data may be cached, copied and/or stored at multiple locations in the
   network on route to its final destination.  With an increasing
   percentage of devices connecting to the Internet being mobile,

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