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OSS/J is a TM Forum technical program whose primary goal is to develop open interface standards (API
s) for the integration of Business Support Systems
(BSS) & Operations Support System
(OSS).
OSS/J addresses the concerns of Frameworx implementation stakeholders by providing open standard APIs based on the NGOSS framework, particularly the Frameworx Shared Information/Data Model (SID). Work is underway to organize the OSS/J APIs against the NGOSS Telecom Application Map
(TAM).
The OSS/J APIs are multi-technology based and include Java, XML
, and Web Services integration profiles. Each integration profile consists of specifications, a reference implementation, and a conformance test suite (TCK).
The OSS/J APIs are developed under the Java Community Process(SM) and can be downloaded for free from the TM Forum OSS/J web site.
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
s) for the integration of Business Support Systems
Business Support Systems
Business support systems are the components that a telephone operator or telco uses to run its business operations towards customer. BSS and OSS platforms are linked in the need to support various end to end services...
(BSS) & Operations Support System
Operations support system
Operations support systems are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such as maintaining network inventory, provisioning services, configuring network...
(OSS).
OSS/J addresses the concerns of Frameworx implementation stakeholders by providing open standard APIs based on the NGOSS framework, particularly the Frameworx Shared Information/Data Model (SID). Work is underway to organize the OSS/J APIs against the NGOSS Telecom Application Map
Telecom Application Map
The TM Forum Applications Framework is produced by the TM Forum . The TM Forum is the world’s industry association of web, telecom and media companies focused on end-end service management...
(TAM).
The OSS/J APIs are multi-technology based and include Java, XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
, and Web Services integration profiles. Each integration profile consists of specifications, a reference implementation, and a conformance test suite (TCK).
The OSS/J APIs are developed under the Java Community Process(SM) and can be downloaded for free from the TM Forum OSS/J web site.