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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

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