Aastra Telecom 57I XML Customized Services, Creating Customized XML Services on the IP Phones

IP Phone Administrator Guide Operational Features

Operational IP Phone Features

XML Customized Services

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language much like HTML. HTML was designed to display data and to focus on how data looks. XML was designed to describe data and to focus on what data is.

The following are characteristics of XML:

•XML tags are not predefined. You must define your own tags.

•XML uses a Document Type Definition (DTD) or an XML Schema to describe the data.

•XML with a DTD or XML Schema is designed to be self-descriptive

•XML is a W3C Standard Recommendation

Creating Customized XML Services on the IP Phones

The XML application for the IP phones allows users to create custom services they can use via the phone’s keyboard and display. These services include things like weather and traffic reports, contact information, company info, stock quotes, or custom call scripts.

The IP phone XML application supports the following proprietary objects that allow for the customization of the IP phone’s display.

XML Object	Description
AastraIPPhoneTextMenu	Creates a numerical list of menu items on
(for Menu screens)	the IP phones.
AastraIPPhoneTextScreen	Creates a screen of text that wraps
(for Text screens)	appropriately.
AastraIPPhoneFormattedTextScreen	Creates a formatted screen of text
(for Text screens)	(specifies text alignment, text size, text
	static or scrolling)
AastraIPPhoneInputScreen	Creates screens for which the user can
(for User Input screens)	input text where applicable.
AastraIPPhoneInputScreen Time	Allows you to specify US (HH:MM:SS am/
and Date Attributes	pm and MM/DD/YYYY) or International
(for User Input screens)	(HH:MM:SS and DD/MM/YYYY) time/date
	formats for an XML user input screen.

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