This repository contains the MEF LSO Sonata SDK. It includes API definitions for the following functional areas:

• Serviceability (Address, Service Site, and Product Offering Qualification Management)
• Product Quote
• Product Order
• Product Inventory

It also provides Product Specification for Access ELine as delivered by MEF W106

• MEF W87 - LSO Sonata Product Offering Qualification API - Developer Guide. The first of a series of developer guides that explain the details of MEF API usage, process flows and the pattern resulting from the combining of the TMF-based envelope with Product Specifications. It comes with the update of POQ API Specification.

• MEF W106 - LSO Sonata Product Specification - Access E-Line which includes JSON schemas and the Requirements document.

• Update of all of LSO Sonata APIs:

  • Use of TM Forum tooling based on Domain Context Specialization rules to ensure alignment with TM Forum APIs (see MEF-TMF-ONAP-Collaboration)
  • Introduction of envelope-payload and product characteristic patterns as described in MEF W87
  • Bug fixes and improvements

The MEF LSO Sonata SDK is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

The API files contained in this SDK are evolving and subject to change. They are based on documents that are either ratified standards, or draft standards that have not yet completed the review cycles and approvals necessary to achieve the status as a MEF standard. MEF is making these publicly available at this time to invite wider industry review.

The maturity per functionality presents as follows:

• Address Validation, Site Query:
  • Business Requirements
    • MEF 79 - Published Standard
    • MEF 79.0.1 - undergoing Letter Ballot
  • Developer Guide - none
  • API - work in progress
• Product Offering Qualification:
  • Business Requirements - MEF 79 - Published Standard
  • Developer Guide - MEF W87 - work in progress - closed resolution of CfC#1
  • API - MEF W87 - work in progress - closed resolution of CfC#1
• Quote:
  • Business Requirements - MEF W80 - Draft (R7)
  • Developer Guide - open project, not yet included
  • API - work in progress, aligned with MEF W80 Draft (R)
• Order:
  • Business Requirements - MEF 57.1 - Published Standard (the next version MEF W57.2 is being prepared)
  • Developer Guide - none
  • API - work in progress
• Inventory:
  • Business Requirements - MEF 81, MEF 81.0.1 Published Standard
  • Developer Guide - none
  • API - work in progress

For details on the maturity map and the roadmap for future releases please refer to LSO Sonata SDK Home Page on MEF WIKI.

This SDK contains the following items:

• COPYRIGHT - Copyright 2020 MEF Forum
• LICENSE - Contains a copy of the Apache 2.0 license
• README - This file
• api - Definitions of the API are found in this directory
  • inventory - Contains the API definitions necessary for inter-carrier retrieval of Product Inventory
  • order - Contains the API definitions for inter-carrier service ordering capability.
  • quote - Contains the API definitions for inter-carrier service quotation capability
  • serviceability - Contains the APIs that allow the Service Provider, or Buyer to perform:
    • address - Retrieve Address information including exact formats for Addresses known to the Seller
    • offeringQualification - Determine whether it is feasible for the Seller to deliver a particular Product with a given configuration to a particular geographic location if applicable.
    • site - Retrieve Service Site information including exact formats for Service Sites known to the Seller
• doc - All related standards and Developer Guides.
  • product/carrierEthernet/accessELine - Contains reference JSON schemas for Access ELine delivered by MEF W106
  • serviceability/offeringQualification - MEF W87 Developer Guide
  • standards - the rest of documents and standards.

NOTE: Please note the Readme files in particular directories that provide more detailed information about corresponding functionalities.

All superseded files can be found in the Git history, if needed.

Any developer intending to use the materials in this repository should first thoroughly read, review and understand the following materials:

• MEF 55: Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO): Reference Architecture and Framework This document is a ratified MEF standard.
• MEF 55.0.1: Amendment to MEF 55: Operational Threads This document is a ratified MEF standard.
• MEF 55.0.2: Amendment to MEF 55: TOSCA Services Templates This document is a ratified MEF standard.
• MEF 50.1: MEF Services Lifecycle Process Flows This document is a ratified MEF standard.
• MEF 57.1: Ethernet Ordering Technical Standard - Business Requirements and Use Cases This document is a ratified MEF standard.
• MEF 79: Address, Service Site, and Product Offering Qualification Management This document is a ratified MEF standard.
• MEF 79.0.1 (LB) - Amendment to MEF 79 Address, Service Site, and Product Offering Qualification Management Requirements and Use Cases
• MEF 80 Draft (R7): Quote Management
• MEF 81: Product Inventory Management
• MEF 81.0.1: Amendment to MEF81 Product Inventory Management
• MEF W87: LSO Sonata Product Offering Qualification API - Developer Guide
• MEF W106: LSO Sonata Product Specification - Access E-Line

Issues should be reported with use of issues. Questions and feedback should be asked either at Sonata SDK Community or directly to [email protected].

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