Loss & Completion Reports Technical Discussion Only February 13, 2003 / February 21, 2003 Prepared by: Bennet Pang bpang@qwest. com 1 Qwest Corp (QC) Confidential: Distribute and Disclose Solely to Those Having A Need To Know
Qwest Current Offerings Delivery Method File Format DIRECT Connect or Dial Up NDM Flat File FAX Report Format Service Delivery Gateway (SDG) Flat File and Report Format Alternatives to Replace NDM Delivery Method File Format Interactive Agent (IA) or Value Added Network (VAN) t. ML Transport or SDG 2 EDI Format XML Format Qwest Corp (QC) Confidential: Distribute and Disclose Solely to Those Having A Need To Know
EDI Pros and Cons Pros • EDI CLECs and Qwest Implemented Interactive Agent • EDI Industry Guidelines for LSOG is available • Mature Technology 3 Cons • Interactive Agent is expensive for batch transactions • Value Added Networks required usage charge • Industry EDI mapping must be modified for Loss Report and Completion Report • Direction of EDI Standard Bodies is going XML • EDI Software Vendors are investing in XML instead of EDI • EDI tools are proprietary and expensive Qwest Corp (QC) Confidential: Distribute and Disclose Solely to Those Having A Need To Know
XML Pros and Cons Pros • Industry embraces t. ML framework, t. ML ASR, t. ML Trouble Admin, and t. ML DSL Provisioning. • Industry is developing t. ML transport specifications (SOAP over HTTP(S)) • Common Transport for ASR, TA, DSL Provisioning, and LSR • Standard tools (Some Browsers can transform XML data to Application Data) • Use OBF, T 1 M 1 and TCIF naming conventions for XML Schemas. 4 Cons • t. ML transport specifications will be balloted in March • t. ML transport requires development • Software products not available yet Qwest Corp (QC) Confidential: Distribute and Disclose Solely to Those Having A Need To Know
t. ML Transport Gateway Benefits • Transport Specification is Industry Standard http: //www. atis. org/atis/tcif/ecic/access/eotrans. htm • Support any t. ML applications such as ASR, TA, DSL, etc. • Can be developed with any W 3 C tools and/or vendor products • Transport Gateway is ready for Web Services Integration HTTP (S) 5 Qwest Corp (QC) Confidential: Distribute and Disclose Solely to Those Having A Need To Know
XML Benefits q. XML tools to transform XML data to application data is widely available, and some browsers provide free data transformation tools (No need to buy expensive EDI Translators) q. XML is human readable and easier to troubleshoot q. XML (Schemas) Implementation Guide is easier to use (and easier to develop) than EDI Implementation Guide q. XML Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) is portable (EDI maps are not portable) 6 Qwest Corp (QC) Confidential: Distribute and Disclose Solely to Those Having A Need To Know
XML is a Viable Long Term Alternative q. Replace NDM with t. ML Transport Gateway q. Qwest will provide XML loss/completion reports q. Use SDG web dial-up to retrieve XML reports q. Develop t. ML Transport Gateway or leverage t. ML Transport Gateway for other t. ML applications qt. ML Transport Gateway will automatically send loss/completion reports on a daily basis 7 Qwest Corp (QC) Confidential: Distribute and Disclose Solely to Those Having A Need To Know
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