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ETSI ISG NFV

ETSI ISG NFV is an Industry Specification Group within ETSI that defines the architecture, requirements, and specifications for network functions virtualization, providing a standards-based framework for running telecom and network services as software on virtualized, commercial off-the-shelf infrastructure in multi-vendor environments.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"etsi-isg-nfv"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/6f6f03eb-a49b-4362-a1af-01677743c35a

CLI

di get-glossary --slug etsi-isg-nfv

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How an agent can rely on this definition

What the record lets an agent check before it uses the term in an answer.

The check What the record shows Where it is in the data
It's a known term One entry, with its type (topic) name
It sits in a glossary Linked to NFV, NFVi, NFV Infrastructure, Network Functions Virtualization inDefinedTermSet
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