Cisco CRS-1 - Carrier Routing System Router Api Manual page 122

Glossary
A "two-stage" configuration of the IOS-XR running configuration. This allows users to make changes
Target
Configuration to the running configuration and accept these changes by entering the commit command.
Terabits per second = 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) bits per second. The amount of data that can be
Tbps
transmitted in a fixed amount of time.
Standard terminal emulation protocol in the TCP/IP protocol stack. Telnet is used for remote terminal
telnet
connection, enabling users to log in to remote systems and use resources as if they were connected to
a local system. Telnet is defined in RFC 854.
A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 gigabytes (2
Terabyte
Approximately one trillion bytes.
X
extensible markup language. A standard maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that
XML
defines a syntax that lets you create markup languages to specify information structures. Information
structures define the type of information, for example, subscriber name or address, not how the
information looks (bold, italic, and so on). External processes can manipulate these information
structures and publish them in a variety of formats. XML allows you to define your own customized
markup language.
A process on the Cisco CRS-1 Series router that is sent XML requests by XML clients and is responsible
XML Agent
for carrying out the actions contained in the request and returning an XML response back to the client. The
XML Agent for CORBA is an example of an XML agent provided on the Cisco CRS-1 Series router.
An external application that sends an XML request to the Cisco CRS-1 Series router and receives XML
XML Client
responses to those requests.
A portion of an XML request that specifies an operation that the XML client would like the XML agent to
XML Operation
perform.
The Cisco CRS-1 Series router code that carries out a particular XML operation including parsing the
XML Operation
Provider operation XML, performing the operation, and assembling the operation XML response
An XML document sent to the Cisco CRS-1 Series router containing a number of requested operations to
XML Request
be carried out.
The response to an XML request.
XML Response
An XML document specifying the structure and possible contents of XML elements that can be contained
XML Schema
in an XML document.
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