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IMS Enterprise Services Specification

The Enterprise Services specification is the definition of how systems manage the exchange of information that describes people, groups and memberships within the context of learning. The Enterprise Services specification is constructed following the recommendations documented in the IMS Abstract Framework. This means that this specification is based upon the concepts of:

Version 1 was approved by the IMS Technical Advisory Board in July 2004. The Enterprise Services v1.0 specification Final Release has a WSDL/XSD binding that supports synchronous messaging only. The asynchronous message binding specification has remained as a Public Draft until sufficient implementation feedback has been received from the community. The asynchronous message binding documentation is available under the ESv1.0 Public Draft 2 materials further down this page.

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IMS Enterprise Services - Version 1 Final Specification - HTML

Version 1 - Final Specification - PDF

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Version 1 Final -IMS Enterprise Specification XSDs

Enterprise Services Final Release XMI Files

Enterprise Services Final Release Source Code Support

Examples

Group

Message Example File
'createGroupRequest' Message
/examples/createGroupRequestSync.txt
'createGroupResponse' Message
/examples/createGroupResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupRequest' Message
/examples/createByProxyGroupRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupResponse' Message
/examples/createByProxyGroupResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupRequest' Message
/examples/deleteGroupRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupResponse' Message
/examples/deleteGroupResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupRelationshipRequest' Message
/examples/deleteGroupRelationshipRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupRelationshipResponse' Message
/examples/deleteGroupRelationshipResponseSync.txt
'readGroupRequest' Message
/examples/readGroupRequestSync.txt
'readGroupResponse' Message
/examples/readGroupResponseSync.txt
'updateGroupRequest' Message
/examples/updateGroupRequestSync.txt
'updateGroupResponse' Message
/examples/updateGroupResponseSync.txt
'replaceGroupRequest' Message
/examples/replaceGroupRequestSync.txt
'replaceGroupResponse' Message
/examples/replaceGroupResponseSync.txt
'changeGroupIdentifierRequest' Message
/examples/changeGroupIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changeGroupIdentifierResponse' Message
/examples/changeGroupIdentifierResponseSync.txt
'createGroupsRequest' Message
/examples/createGroupsRequestSync.txt
'createGroupsResponse' Message
/examples/createGroupsResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupsRequest' Message
/examples/createByProxyGroupsRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupsResponse' Message
/examples/createByProxyGroupsResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupsRequest' Message
/examples/deleteGroupsRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupsResponse' Message
/examples/deleteGroupsResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupsRelationshipRequest' Message
/examples/deleteGroupsRelationshipRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupsRelationshipResponse' Message
/examples/deleteGroupsRelationshipResponseSync.txt
'readGroupsRequest' Message
/examples/readGroupsRequestSync.txt
'readGroupsResponse' Message
/examples/readGroupsResponseSync.txt
'readGroupsForPersonRequest' Message
/examples/readGroupsForPersonRequestSync.txt
'readGroupsForPersonResponse' Message
/examples/readGroupsForPersonResponseSync.txt
'updateGroupsRequest' Message
/examples/updateGroupsRequestSync.txt
'updateGroupsResponse' Message
/examples/updateGroupsResponseSync.txt
'replaceGroupsRequest' Message
/examples/replaceGroupsRequestSync.txt
'replaceGroupsResponse' Message
/examples/replaceGroupsResponseSync.txt
'changeGroupsIdentifierRequest' Message
/examples/changeGroupsIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changeGroupsIdentifierResponse' Message
/examples/changeGroupsIdentifierResponseSync.txt

Person

Message Example File
'createPersonRequest' Message
/examples/createPersonRequestSync.txt
'createPersonResponse' Message
/examples/createPersonResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyPersonRequest' Message
/examples/createByProxyPersonRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyPersonResponse' Message
/examples/createByProxyPersonResponseSync.txt
'deletePersonRequest' Message
/examples/deletePersonRequestSync.txt
'deletePersonResponse' Message
/examples/deletePersonResponseSync.txt
'readPersonRequest' Message
/examples/readPersonRequestSync.txt
'readPersonResponse' Message
/examples/readPersonResponseSync.txt
'updatePersonRequest' Message
/examples/updatePersonRequestSync.txt
'updatePersonResponse' Message
/examples/updatePersonResponseSync.txt
'replacePersonRequest' Message
/examples/replacePersonRequestSync.txt
'replacePersonResponse' Message
/examples/replacePersonResponseSync.txt
'changePersonIdentifierRequest' Message
/examples/changePersonIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changePersonIdentifierResponse' Message
/examples/changePersonIdentifierResponseSync.txt
'createPersonsRequest' Message
/examples/createPersonsRequestSync.txt
'createPersonsResponse' Message
/examples/createPersonsResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyPersonsRequest' Message
/examples/createByProxyPersonsRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyPersonsResponse' Message
/examples/createByProxyPersonsResponseSync.txt
'deletePersonsRequest' Message
/examples/deletePersonsRequestSync.txt
'deletePersonsResponse' Message
/examples/deletePersonsResponseSync.txt
'readPersonsRequest' Message
/examples/readPersonsRequestSync.txt
'readPersonsResponse' Message
/examples/readPersonsResponseSync.txt
'readPersonsForGroupRequest' Message
/examples/readPersonsForGroupRequestSync.txt
'readPersonsForGroupResponse' Message
/examples/readPersonsForGroupResponseSync.txt
'updatePersonsRequest' Message
/examples/updatePersonsRequestSync.txt
'updatePersonsResponse' Message
/examples/updatePersonsResponseSync.txt
'replacePersonsRequest' Message
/examples/replacePersonsRequestSync.txt
'replacePersonsResponse' Message
/examples/replacePersonsResponseSync.txt
'changePersonsIdentifierRequest' Message
/examples/changePersonsIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changePersonsIdentifierResponse' Message
/examples/changePersonsIdentifierResponseSync.txt

Membership

Message Example File
'createMembershipRequest' Message
/examples/createMembershipRequestSync.txt
'createMembershipResponse' Message
/examples/createMembershipResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyMembershipRequest' Message
/examples/createByProxyMembershipRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyMembershipResponse' Message
/examples/createByProxyMembershipResponseSync.txt
'deleteMembershipRequest' Message
/examples/deleteMembershipRequestSync.txt
'deleteMembershipResponse' Message
/examples/deleteMembershipResponseSync.txt
'readMembershipRequest' Message
/examples/readMembershipRequestSync.txt
'readMembershipResponse' Message
/examples/readMembershipResponseSync.txt
'updateMembershipRequest' Message
/examples/updateMembershipRequestSync.txt
'updateMembershipResponse' Message
/examples/updateMembershipResponseSync.txt
'replaceMembershipRequest' Message
/examples/replaceMembershipRequestSync.txt
'replaceMembershipResponse' Message
/examples/replaceMembershipResponseSync.txt
'changeMembershipIdentifierRequest' Message
/examples/changeMembershipIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changeMembershipIdentifierResponse' Message
/examples/changeMembershipIdentifierResponseSync.txt
'createMembershipsRequest' Message
/examples/createMembershipsRequestSync.txt
'createMembershipsResponse' Message
/examples/createMembershipsResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyMembershipsRequest' Message
/examples/createByProxyMembershipsRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyMembershipsResponse' Message
/examples/createByProxyMembershipsResponseSync.txt
'deleteMembershipsRequest' Message
/examples/deleteMembershipsRequestSync.txt
'deleteMembershipsResponse' Message
/examples/deleteMembershipsResponseSync.txt
'readMembershipsRequest' Message
/examples/readMembershipsRequestSync.txt
'readMembershipsResponse' Message
/examples/readMembershipsResponseSync.txt
'readMembershipsForPersonRequest' Message
/examples/readMembershipsForPersonRequestSync.txt
'readMembershipsForPersonResponse' Message
/examples/readMembershipsForPersonResponseSync.txt
'readMembershipsForGroupRequest' Message
/examples/readMembershipsForGroupRequestSync.txt
'readMembershipsForGroupResponse' Message
/examples/readMembershipsForGroupResponseSync.txt
'updateMembershipsRequest' Message
/examples/updateMembershipsRequestSync.txt
'updateMembershipsResponse' Message
/examples/updateMembershipsResponseSync.txt
'replaceMembershipsRequest' Message
/examples/replaceMembershipsRequestSync.txt
'replaceMembershipsResponse' Message
/examples/replaceMembershipsResponseSync.txt
'changeMembershipsIdentifierRequest' Message
/examples/changeMembershipsIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changeMembershipsIdentifierResponse' Message
/examples/changeMembershipsIdentifierResponseSync.txt


IMS Enterprise Services Version 1 - Public Draft 2 Specification - HTML
Version 1.0 Public Draft 2 contains Asynchronous Binding Files. Only the Asynchronous Binding materials should be used from this document set.; you should us the Enterprise Services v1 Final Specification above for the Synchronous materials.

ESv1.0 Public Draft  2 Specification - PDF

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ESv1.0 Public Draft 2 -IMS Enterprise Specification Asynchronous XSDs

EXAMPLES
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