TM Forum Standards

Service Inventory Integration Solution relates to a number of mature TMF and OSS/J standards, which are well documented:

Implementation Components/Use:

OSS/J CBE

Basis for canonical data model used for integration across an enterprise architecture derived from the SID

http://www.tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catid=2951

JSR 142: OSS Inventory API

Extensible Interface for Inventory Service Contract (NGOSS Contract Implementation View)

http://www.tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catID=4132

JSR 144: Common API

Basis for all OSS/J API developments including Core Business Entities (CBE)

http://java.sun.com/products/oss/downloads/jsr144_downloads.html

OSS/J Design Guidelines

Recommendation for implementing technology specific (Web services, XML or Java)

http://www.ossj.org/downloads/docs/ossj_design_guidelines.zip

(Preview for Version 1.2 is available under : http://www.ossj.org/news/docs/preso_ossj_javaonesf2005_design.pdf )

There are also dependencies upon the following TMF standards:

Reference Components/Use:

NGOSS Lifecycle

Reference for business- and system analysis methodology

http://www.tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catID=2646&linkID=31153

NGOSS Contract

Artifact for representing system interfaces to achieve Service Inventory system integration

http://www.tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catID=2646&linkID=31153

eTOM

Reference for business process analysis associated with Service Inventory 

http://www.tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catID=2024&linkID=30424

Shared Information/Data (SID) Model-Phase III: Concepts, Principles, and Business Entities, GB922

Reference for enterprise information model used within service provider

http://www.tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catID=2024&linkID=30024