OSS/J (a.k.a. OSS through Java) is a TM Forum technical program whose primary goal is to develop open interface standards (

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s) for the integration of Business Support Systems (BSS) &

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(OSS). OSS/J addresses the concerns of

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implementation stakeholders by providing open standard APIs based on the NGOSS framework, particularly the Frameworx Shared Information/Data Model (SID). Work is underway to organize the OSS/J APIs against the NGOSS Telecom Application Map (TAM). The OSS/J APIs are multi-technology based and include

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...

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, and Web Services integration profiles. Each integration profile consists of specifications, a reference implementation, and a conformance test suite (TCK). The OSS/J APIs are developed under the

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and can be downloaded for free from the TM Forum OSS/J web site.

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OSS/J Program web site
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