Specify the Library Management Protocol (LMP), the interface between two software components of the MMS: the central management core and a program that manages an automated library or a vault. To enable industry to reference and use a standard Media Managment System component which defines the library management application-layer protocol in terms of a language. New IEEE Standard - Inactive-Withdrawn. Administratively Withdrawn January 2007 The protocol syntax and semantics of messages that pass between the Library Manager(LM) and the Media Manager (MM) of an IEEE Media Management System (MMS) are specified.This standard specifies version 1.0 of the Library Management Protocol (LMP).