© 2005 Qwest Communications International Inc. All rights reserved. ASR UOM-Ordering Transport Architecture Proposed Asynchronous Request/Response Model.

© 2005 Qwest Communications International Inc.All rights reserved.

ASR UOM-Ordering Transport Architecture

Proposed Asynchronous Request/Response Model

2© 2005 Qwest Communications International Inc. All rights reserved.For discussion purposes only – no commitments to this design are expressed or implied.

About the Presenters• Programmers of Qwest’s ASR Gateway and

QORA GUI.• Business clients and testers


Scope• TML Asynchronous Request/Response

“handshaking”• Brief discussion about ASR validation web

service


Not In Scope• Pre-order inquiries• ASOG rules


TML Transport Diagram• Taken from the industry TML Transport

document.• Triangles added to show location of web

services.• Left column represents requesters, a.k.a.

customers.• Right column represents providers, in this

case Qwest.

OverallPicturefromTMOC(TCIF)


SequenceDiagram #1


SequenceDiagram #2


SOAP Concepts• Envelope• Headers• Body• Fault


SOAP Message Structure<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

xmlns:t1m1="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"><SOAP-ENV:Header>

<t1m1:tMLHeader xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd">

<TransportID>TELE1QWEST2005-12-11T09:30:47.097-05:001</TransportID><CorrelationID>RRR.112345</CorrelationID><TrackID>AA</TrackID><ApplicationType>RequestAcknowledgement</ApplicationType><From>TELE1</From><To>QWEST</To><SendTimestamp>2005-12-11T09:30:47.097-05:00</SendTimestamp><RetryCount>0</RetryCount>

</t1m1:tMLHeader></SOAP-ENV:Header><SOAP-ENV:Body>

<t1m1:ResultAcknowledgement><t1m1:ResultID>RRR.112345</t1m1:ResultID>

</t1m1:ResultAcknowledgement></SOAP-ENV:Body>

</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>


TML Headers - Example<tMLHeader xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"><TransportID>String</TransportID><CorrelationID>String</CorrelationID><TrackID>String</TrackID><ApplicationType>String</ApplicationType><From>String</From><To>String</To><SendTimestamp>2001-12-17T09:30:47-05:00</SendTimestamp><RetryCount>0</RetryCount>

</tMLHeader>


TML Headers• IDs• Other fields (ApplicationType, From, To,

SendTimestamp, RetryCount) will be contained in persisted message but will have no other effects, since Qwest will likely allow most calls to be repeated.


Web Service Descriptions• High level overview of the web services used

in the transport protocol.


Common Behaviors• Architecture is Asynchronous SOAP.• Each “block” is Synchronous.• Descriptions to follow are from the point of

view of “Telecom Service Provider.”• Will probably use client-side two-way SSL for

each communication channel.• Try to avoid message level signing.


Request Listener• Receives ASR in TML format.• Does XSD validation.• Writes content to database.• Returns SOAP fault on any failure.• If no errors, returns TML OK message.


Request Listener – Example OK Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OK xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"/>


Request Listener (client)• Sends Request Ack (not the same as an ASR

functional acknowledgement) to the customer.• Customer may optionally XSD-check our

message.• Customer returns TML OK message.• On receipt of OK, we begin processing.• If customer doesn’t ack in a reasonable time,

need to alarm, delete or take other action.


Request Listener (client) Acknowledgement Message – Example Request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><RequestAcknowledgement xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"><Acknowledgement>1</Acknowledgement><Reason>String</Reason>

</RequestAcknowledgement>


Result Sender (client)• A single attempt to send a result (Gateway

Response, ASR Functional Ack, FOC, Error Clarification) to the customer web service.

• Customer responds with a TML OK.• Customer Acks the receipt of this result by

calling Result Ack Listener.


Results Ready Sender (client)• Periodically we call the customer web service

and provide a list of result IDs that have not been Acked.

• Need to alarm or perhaps send the customer an e-mail if results aren’t acked in a timely way.

• This list could theoretically be quite long. May need to provided a truncated list (perhaps 100) and flag the fact that the list is partial.


Results Ready Sender – Example Request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ResultWaitingNotification

xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"><Result>

<ResultID>AAA.112233</ResultID></Result><Result>

<ResultID>BBB.332211</ResultID></Result>

</ResultWaitingNotification>


Result Retrieval Listener• Customer provides an ID, and retrieves one

result.


Result Retrieval Listener – Example Request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><GetResult xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"><ResultID>RRR.1112345</ResultID>

</GetResult>


Result Ack Listener• Customer calls with the ID of the result they

retrieved with Result Retrieval Listener.• They are provided with TML OK message if

there are no errors.• The ID will no longer show up when the

customer pulls or we push the list of IDs that are ready.


Result Ack Listener – Example Request

<ResultAcknowledgement xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"><ResultID>RRR.112345</ResultID>

</ResultAcknowledgement>


Pro’s To Using TML Transport Protocol

• Complies with industry guidelines.• More reliable than other approaches.• Closest solution to “real-time” as is possible,

contingent on speed of provider down-stream systems.


Con’s to Using TML Transport Protocol

• Bringing in a new partner may require formal software release process, depending on local rules.– Client-side certificate “library” must be maintained.– Testing, discovery and URL management.

• Strict adherence to protocols is required. Otherwise, separate pair-wise “modules” will need to be developed.


Con’s to Using TML Transport Protocol, cont.

• Customers need to create three new web services in order to interact with Qwest.


Alternate All-Pull Model• Additional proposed Qwest web services that

allow implementation of the protocol without the need of customer-side web services.


Pro’s To Using All-Pull Protocol• Customer does not need to maintain any web

services.• Provider does not need to keep client-side

certs up to date.• This approach can safely co-exist with

standard UOM ordering protocol.


Con’s To Using All-Pull Protocol• “Pull” components are not standard

(although Qwest is looking for feedback on introducing this on an industry level).

• Provider will need to build functionality to allow quick configuration to support new partners.

• There could be a delay for a requester to get their results (up to the pull frequency).

Overall Picture including all “pulls”


SequenceDiagram #3


Alt. Request Listener• Customer would call this listener with the

same ID of their ASR. We respond with “OK message” if we had already received their message, or “Not OK message” if we don’t have their message.

• If we send the “Not OK message,” the customer should resend their message.

• If customer doesn’t ack in a reasonable time, need to alarm, delete or take other action.


Alt. Result Ready List• Allows customer to pull a list of result IDs.• Still analyzing what to do for long result lists.


Alt. Result Ready List – Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ResultWaitingNotification

xmlns="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tml.t1m1.org/tML.Transport.xsd"><Result>

<ResultID>AAA.112233</ResultID></Result><Result>

<ResultID>BBB.332211</ResultID></Result>

</ResultWaitingNotification>


Features under consideration• Synchronous ASR validation service.• An optional “partial” tag may be present,

which disables form-flow, and other selected rules.


Other Thoughts• Questions/discussion?


Appendix


ID Descriptions• TransportID uniquely identifies each message, e.g.,

for Help Desk reference only.• CorrelationID is used for acknowledging. That is,

when a message is acknowledged, the CorrelationID is what ties the acknowledgement to the original message. It is also the ID that is provided when retrieving a result.

• TrackID stays constant for various messages for an ASR. The TrackID can also be considered the “serial number” for the ASR itself.


ID Flow Summary• TransportID changes with each message, and

is different between Request and Response.• CorrelationID and TrackID are echoed in

Response for all WS.• A new TrackID is created when the Response

is cross-ASR.


ID Detailed FlowStep CorrelationID TrackID Body Content

Request Persisted. Persisted, echoed to sender. ASR

RequestResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. OK

Request Ack Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. Request Acknowledgement

Request AckResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. OK

Alt Request AckSame CorrelationID as initial Request Same TrackID as initial Request Correlation ID

Alt Request AckResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. Status msg.

ResultNew CorrelationID, created by Provider Same TrackID as initial Request

Result element, containing result content

ResultResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. OK

Result ReadyNew CorrelationID, created by Provider New TrackID (cross-ASR) Result Ready (list of IDs)

Result ReadyResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. OK

Alt Result Ready Persisted. Persisted, not used. Alt Result Ready request

Alt Result ReadyResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. Result Ready (list of IDs)

Get Result Same ID as in body content Persisted, not used. Get Result (one ID)

Get ResultResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender.Result element, containing result content

Result Ack Same ID as in body content Persisted, not used. Result Ack (one ID)

Result AckResponse Request ID echoed to sender. Request ID echoed to sender. OK

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