7. The method of claim 1 wherein modeling the formal configuration task model further comprises ontologically establishing relationships between the protocol configuration tasks and the formal representation of the managed objects associated with the formal network element managed object model.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein modeling the formal configuration task model further comprises ontologically establishing relationships between the protocol configuration tasks and the formal representation of the managed objects associated with the formal network element managed object model. 8. The method of claim 7 wherein a configuration task comprises one or more sub-tasks, and further comprising ontologically representing the configuration task and the sub-tasks.