Nortel Networks AS 5300 - Manual (Page 9)

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Application Programming Interface
fundamentals
The Application Server (AS) 5300 provides Application Programming
Interface (API) support for third-party client applications. This support
consists of one main API and one tool:
• Open Provisioning Interface (OPI)
• Bulk Provisioning Tool (BPT)
Open Provisioning Interface (OPI) is an API for third-party client
applications, and is the foundation for the Bulk Provisioning Tool (BPT).
The BPT facilitates the provisioning of the AS 5300 system with large
(bulk) amounts of data. It also retrieves large (bulk) amounts of data from
the AS 5300 system.
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• "Open Provisioning Interface fundamentals" (page 9)
• "Bulk Provisioning Tool fundamentals" (page 10)
Open Provisioning Interface fundamentals
The OPI is used to remotely provision the AS 5300 system. OPI is
based on version 1.1 of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
and the emerging Web services standard. SOAP is a cross-platform,
cross-language, text-based protocol, utilizing the benefits of Extensible
Markup Language (XML). SOAP is commonly used as a tool in distributed
applications named Web services. SOAP is not transport dependent,
therefore OPI uses Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) as a transport
protocol.
OPI supports version 1.1 of the industry-standard Web Services
Description Language (WSDL). WSDL is an XML language that contains
information about the interface, semantics, and administration of a call to a
Web service. WSDL enables service providers to provision their AS 5300
system with existing and custom applications. By supporting the WSDL
Nortel AS 5300
Nortel Application Server 5300 Application Programming Interfaces Reference
NN42040-110 01.01 Standard
11 June 2008
Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks
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