Appendix; Cisco Security Mars Xml Api Reference; Xml Schema Overview; Xml Incident Notification Data File And Schema - Cisco CS-MARS-20-K9 - Security MARS 20 User Manual

Cisco Security MARS XML API Reference

This appendix provides resources for creating XML applications that integrate Cisco Security MARS
XML data into third-party applications.

XML Schema Overview

The XML schema are written in conformance with the standard World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
XML schema language. A schema by definition, describes all data and data structures required to create
your application. Many XML development environments provide enough capability to view the schema
in a way that you can identify all components, their relationships, constraints, attributes, annotations,
and usage guidelines at a glance. Some applications generate hyperlinked reference documentation. By
providing sufficient documentation and annotation tags within the schemas, Cisco supports such
documentation generating applications.
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Resource Description
W3C XML Schema standards forum with
resource links
General XML description with resource links
Online XML Tutorials

XML Incident Notification Data File and Schema

XML incident notification sends an email notification of an incident with an attached XML data file. The
XML data file contains all incident details that can be viewed on the GUI except for Path/Mitigation data.
The XML data file can be sent as a plain-text file or as a compressed gzip file. The filename is
constructed with the incident ID number, for example
compressed version of the same data file would be
An XML application can be written to parse and extract data from the XML incident notification data
file for integration into third-party software, such as a trouble ticketing system, or helpdesk software.
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lists resources for XML development.
XML Resources
lists the documentation for the Cisco Security MARS XML incident notification feature.
A P P E N D I X
URL
http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xml
http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp
CS-MARS-Incident-13725095.xml
CS-MARS-Incident-13725095.xml.gz
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