1. A system for enhancing operation of a management station on a network by integrating information from different management protocols, comprising: (1) a translator connected to said network to receive event data elements corresponding with different management protocols from said network, said translator configured to translate said event data elements into respective canonical data structures, said translator configured to selectively extract attribute data from some, but not all of, said event data elements by examination of a native protocol data unit (PDU) associated with each of said event data elements, each of said canonical data structures including: (a) a generic field specifying a source, environment type, time of origin, number of extracted attributes, and length of said PDU of the corresponding event data element; (b) an attribute field having attribute data, when said extraction is possible, created by said translator upon examination of said PDU associated with the corresponding event data element, said attribute data specifying a name, type, length, and value; and (c) protocol data that is an encapsulation of said PDU associated with the corresponding event data element; (2) a generic notifications framework connected to said translator to receive said canonical data structures, said generic notifications framework configured to selectively route said canonical data structures by forwarding canonical data structures having predefined attribute fields to corresponding consumer components; and (3) a consumer component capable of communicating with said framework, said consumer component configured to register with said framework to receive any of said canonical data structures having a particular one of said predefined attribute fields.