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