Document Roadmap

The following sections describe the audience for, and organization of, this document:

Document Scope and Audience

The intended audience consists of developers and test engineers developing applications that will interact with WebLogic Network Gatekeeper.

Guide to This Document

Chapter 1, “Document Roadmap”: This chapter
Network Gatekeeper SDK: Introduction to the Network Gatekeeper Simulator
Using the Network Gatekeeper SDK: How to use the Network Gatekeeper Simulator
Installing and configuring Network Gatekeeper SDK: Installing the Network Gatekeeper Simulator
Workshop Controls with Network Gatekeeper: Using Workshop controls with Network Gatekeeper

New Features in This Release

This release provides a set of Workshop for WebLogic Platform™ for all Parlay X and Extended Web Services interfaces exposed by Network Gatekeeper.

Terminology

Account—A registered application or service provider. An account belongs to an account group, which is tied to a common SLA
Account group—Multiple registered service providers or services which share a common SLA
API—Application Programming Interface
Application—A TCP/IP based, telecom-enabled program accessed from either a telephony terminal or a computer
Application-facing Interface—The Application Services Provider facing interface
Application Service Provider—An organization offering application services to end users through a telephony network
Application Instance—An Application Service Provider from the perspective of internal Network Gatekeeper administration. An Application Instance has a user name and password
End User—The ultimate consumer of the services that an application provides. An end user can be the same as the network subscriber, as in the case of a prepaid service or they can be a non-subscriber, as in the case of an automated mail-ordering application where the subscriber is the mail-order company and the end user is a customer to this company
SMS—Short Message Service
Subscriber—A person or organization that signs up for access to an application. The subscriber is charged for the application service usage. See End User
WSDL —Web Services Definition Language
XML—Extended Markup Language

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