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Loss & Completion

Reports

Technical Discussion Only

February 13, 2003 / February 21, 2003

Prepared by:

Bennet Pang

bpang@qwest.com

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Qwest Current OfferingsDelivery Method File Format

DIRECT Connect or Dial Up NDM Flat File

FAX Report Format

Service Delivery Gateway (SDG) Flat File and Report Format

Delivery Method File Format

Interactive Agent (IA) or Value Added Network (VAN)

EDI Format

tML Transport or SDG XML Format

Alternatives to Replace NDM

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EDI Pros and Cons

Pros Cons

•EDI CLECs and Qwest Implemented Interactive Agent•EDI Industry Guidelines for LSOG is available•Mature Technology

•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

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XML Pros and Cons

Pros Cons

•Industry embraces tML framework, tML ASR, tML Trouble Admin, and tML DSL Provisioning.•Industry is developing tML 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, T1M1 and TCIF naming conventions for XML Schemas.

•tML transport specifications will be balloted in March•tML transport requires development•Software products not available yet

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tML Transport Gateway Benefits

HTTP (S)

•Transport Specification is Industry Standard http://www.atis.org/atis/tcif/ecic/access/eotrans.htm

•Support any tML applications such as ASR, TA, DSL, etc.

•Can be developed with any W3C tools and/or vendor products

•Transport Gateway is ready for Web Services Integration

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XML Benefits

XML tools to transfer XML data to application data is widely available, and some browsers provide free data transformation tools (No need to buy expensive EDI Translators)

XML is human readable and easier to troubleshoot

XML (Schemas) Implementation Guide is easier to use (and easier to develop) than EDI Implementation Guide

XML Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) is portable (EDI maps is not)

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XML is a Viable Long Term Alternative

Replace NDM with tML Transport Gateway

Qwest will provide XML loss/completion reports

Use SDG web dial-up to retrieve XML reports

Develop tML Transport Gateway or leverage tML Transport Gateway for other tML applications

tML Transport Gateway will automatically send loss/completion reports on a daily basis

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