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+The purpose of libsmi is to
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+- give network management applications a concise programmer-friendly interface
+ to access MIB module information,
+- separate the knowledge on SMI from the main parts of management applications,
+- allow to add new kinds of MIB repositories without the need to adapt
+ applications that make use of libsmi.