Chapter 1 Cisco Cr-1 Serie Xml Api Overview; Definition Of Terms; Cisco Crs-1 Series Management Xml Interface - Cisco CRS-1 - Carrier Routing System Router Api Manual

Cisco CRS-1 Series Management XML Interface

The XML API code is available for use on any Cisco platform that runs Cisco IOS XR software.
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Definition of Terms

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Term
AAA
CLI
CORBA
CWI
ssh
XML
XML agent
XML client
XML operation
XML operation provider
XML request
XML response
XML schema
XML TTY Client
Cisco CRS-1 Series Management XML Interface
This guide provides the following information regarding the Cisco CRS-1 Series management XML
interface:
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Cisco CRS-1 Series Carrier Routing System XML API Guide
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defines the words, acronyms, and actions used throughout this guide.
Definition of Terms
High-level structure of the Cisco CRS-1 Series XML request and response streams
Operation tag types and usage, including their XML format and content
Description
Authentication, authorization, and accounting
Command-line interface
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
Craft Works Interface
Secure Shell
Extensible markup language
A process on the Cisco CRS-1 Series router that is sent XML
requests by XML clients and is responsible for carrying out the
actions contained in the request and returning an XML response to
the client.
An external application that sends XML requests to the Cisco
CRS-1 Series router and receives XML responses to those requests.
A portion of an XML request that specifies an operation that the
XML client wants the XML agent to perform.
The Cisco CRS-1 Series code that carries out a particular XML
operation including parsing the 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 be carried out.
The response to an XML request.
An XML document specifying the structure and possible contents
of XML elements that can be contained in an XML document.
The XML TTY Client provides a client-side perl scripting interface
to the Cisco CRS-1 Series XML API, including a toolkit to rapidly
develop scripts to configure and monitor the router using XML. The
XML TTY Client will be available in a future release of the Cisco
CRS-1 Series XML API.
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