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Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), ISO 8824; Basic Encoding Rules (BER), ISO 8825; and, Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP), ISO 9595/9596. The documents produced by IEEE committee 802 has had significant influence on several media-specific MIBs: Token-Passing Bus Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications, 802.4, was used as the input to the working group that produced RFC 1230, IEEE 802.4 Token Bus Interface Type MIB; Token Ring Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications, 802.5, was used as the input to the working group that produced RFC 1231, IEEE 802.5 Token Ring Interface Type MIB; Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges, 802.1d, was used as the input to the working group that produced RFC 1286, Bridge MIB; and, CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications, 802.3, and 802.3 Layer Management, 802.3h, were used as the input to the working groups that produced RFC 1284, Ether-Like Interface Type MIB, and RFC 1271, Remote LAN Monitoring MIB. Finally, from ANSI committee X3T9, revision 6.2 of the FDDI Station Management (SMT) document was used as the input to the working group that produced RFC 1285, FDDI Interface Type MIB. From this, it can be seen that IEEE 802 has been a major influence on SNMP standards. The IEEE is currently in the process of developing a management protocol, named LAN/MAN Management Protocol (LMMP). LMMP, sometimes termed CMIP over LLC (CMOL), is based on CMIP running on top of the IEEE 802 connectionless logical link control (LLC type 1). At present, it appears that the LMMP work in IEEE 802 will not be used in the Internet standardization process, but the management information documented in IEEE 802 will continue to be used as input to IETF standards development process. This issue has listed the SNMP standards that have been significantly influenced by documents from other organizations. The next issue will present the process that develops the IEEE network management standards. Summary of Standards