IMS GLC Bulk Date Exchange Management Service (BDEMS) Information Model

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Date Issued:�� 30 April 2010

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List of Figures. 5

List of Tables. 5

1 �� Introduction.. 8

1.1 �� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service Overview.. 8

1.2 �� Scope and Context. 8

1.3 �� Structure of this Document. 9

1.4 �� Nomenclature. 9

1.5 �� References. 10

2 �� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service Description.. 11

2.1 �� An Abstract Representation.. 11

2.2 �� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service Architecture & Specification Model. 11

2.3 �� Bulk Data File. 12

2.4 �� Handling the Service Status Codes. 13

3 �� Behavioral Model.. 14

3.1 �� Service Definition.. 14

3.2 �� BulkDataExchangeManager Interface Description.. 15

3.2.1 �� AnnounceBulkDataExchange() Operation. 16

3.2.2 �� AnnounceFailureBulkDataExchange() Operation. 17

3.2.3 �� ReportBulkDataExchange() Operation. 18

3.2.4 �� RequestBulkDataExchange() Operation. 19

3.2.5 �� IgnoreBulkDataExchange() Operation. 20

3.2.6 �� CancelBulkDataExchange() Operation. 21

3.3 �� Service Choreography.. 22

4 �� Interface Data Model.. 24

4.1 �� BulkBlockManifest Class Description.. 24

4.1.1 �� BulkBlockManifestId Attribute Description. 25

4.1.2 �� ExpiryDate Attribute Description. 25

4.1.3 �� BulkBlockDataFile Attribute Description. 26

4.1.4 �� BulkBlockDataFile Class Description. 26

4.1.5 �� Url Attribute Description. 26

4.1.6 �� CheckSum Attribute Description. 27

4.1.7 �� TotalSize Attribute Description. 27

4.1.8 �� SavePoint Attribute Description. 27

4.1.9 �� ServiceSet Attribute Description. 28

4.1.10 �� ServiceSet Class Description. 28

4.1.11 �� ServiceRecord Class Description. 29

4.1.12 �� OperationSet Class Description. 30

4.2 �� BulkBlockReport Class Description.. 32

4.2.1 �� TransactionReport Class Description. 34

4.3 �� FailureReport Class Description.. 35

4.4 �� FilterObject Class Description.. 37

4.5 �� SequenceIdentifier Class Description.. 39

4.6 �� StatusInfo Class Description.. 39

5 �� Bulk Data File Data Model.. 40

5.1 �� Key terms and concepts. 40

5.2 �� BulkDataRecord Class Description.. 43

5.2.1 �� TransactionRecord Attribute Description. 44

5.3 �� TransactionRecord Class Description.. 45

5.3.1 �� TransactionIdentifier Attribute Description. 45

5.3.2 �� ServiceName Attribute Description. 46

5.3.3 �� InterfaceName Attribute Description. 46

5.3.4 �� OperationName Attribute Description. 47

5.3.5 �� ParameterSet Attribute Description. 47

5.4 �� ParameterSet Class Description.. 47

5.4.1 �� ParameterRecord Attribute Description. 48

5.5 �� ParameterRecord Class Description.. 48

5.5.1 �� ParameterInvoc Attribute Description. 48

5.5.2 �� ParameterName Attribute Description. 49

5.5.3 �� ParameterType Attribute Description. 49

5.5.4 �� ParameterValue Attribute Description. 50

5.6 �� ParameterValue Class Description.. 50

5.6.1 �� Guid Attribute Description. 51

5.6.2 �� GuidSet Attribute Description. 51

5.6.3 �� QueryObject Attribute Description. 51

5.6.4 �� SequenceIdentifier Attribute Description . 52

5.6.5 �� Text Attribute Description. 52

5.6.6 �� URL Attribute Description. 53

5.6.7 �� PersonRecord Attribute Description. 53

5.6.8 �� PersonCoreRecord Attribute Description. 53

5.6.9 �� PersonRecordSet Attribute Description. 54

5.6.10 �� GroupRecord Attribute Description. 54

5.6.11 �� GroupRecordSet Attribute Description. 54

5.6.12 �� MembershipRecord Attribute Description. 55

5.6.13 �� MembershipRecordSet Attribute Description. 55

5.6.14 �� CourseTemplateRecord Attribute Description . 55

5.6.15 �� CourseTemplateRecordSet Attribute Description. 56

5.6.16 �� CourseOfferingRecord Attribute Description . 56

5.6.17 �� CourseSectionRecord Attribute Description. 56

5.6.18 �� CourseSectionRecordSet Attribute Description. 57

5.6.19 �� SectionAssociationRecord Attribute Description. 57

5.6.20 �� SectionAssociationRecordSet Attribute Description. 57

5.6.21 �� ResultRecord Attribute Description. 58

5.6.22 �� ResultRecordSet Attribute Description. 58

5.6.23 �� ResultValueRecord Attribute Description. 58

5.6.24 �� ResultValueRecordSet Attribute Description . 59

5.6.25 �� LineItemRecord Attribute Description. 59

5.6.26 �� LineItemRecordSet Attribute Description. 59

5.6.27 �� LineItemType Attribute Description. 60

5.6.28 �� MembershipIdType Attribute Description. 60

5.6.29 �� Relationship Attribute Description. 60

5.6.30 �� Role Attribute Description. 61

5.6.31 �� ResultStatus Attribute Description. 61

5.6.32 �� Status Attribute Description. 61

6 �� File Retrieval Approaches. 62

6.1 �� HTTPS Get. 62

6.2 �� Other Protocols. 62

6.2.1 �� File Transfer Protocol over SSL (FTPS) 62

7 �� Extending and Profiling the Service.. 63

7.1 �� Proprietary Extensions. 63

7.1.1 �� Proprietary Operations. 63

7.1.2 �� Proprietary Data Elements. 63

7.2 �� Profiling the Service. 63

Appendix A Service Status Codes. 64

Appendix B Set of Vocabularies. 66

Appendix B1 TransactionFailStatus Vocabulary.. 66

Appendix B2 ParameterType Vocabulary.. 67

Appendix B3 FileValue Vocabulary.. 69

Appendix B4 FailureCode Vocabulary.. 70

About This Document.. 71

List of Contributors. 71

Revision History .. 72

Index�� 73

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List of Figures

Figure 2.1 Bulk Data Exchange Management service architecture model. 11

Figure 2.2 Composition of a bulk data file. 12

Figure 3.1 BulkDataExchangeManagementService interface definition. 14

Figure 3.2 Service provider driven asynchronous service choreography. 22

Figure 3.3 Service provider driven asynchronous service choreography. 23

Figure 4.1 BulkBlockManifest class diagram. 24

Figure 4.2 BulkBlockReport class diagram. 32

Figure 4.3 FilterObject class diagram. 37

Figure 5.1 BulkDataRecord class diagram. 43

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List of Tables

Table 3.1 Summary of operations for BulkDataExchangeManager. 15

Table 3.2 Status codes for the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ operation. 16

Table 3.3 Status codes for the ‘announceFailureBulkDataExchange’ operation. 17

Table 3.4 Status codes for the ‘reportBulkDataExchange’ operation. 18

Table 3.5 Status codes for the ‘requestBulkDataExchange’ operation. 19

Table 3.6 Status codes for the ‘ignoreBulkDataExchange’ operation. 20

Table 3.7 Status codes for the ‘cancelBulkDataExchange’ operation. 21

Table 4.1 Description of the ‘BulkBlockManifest’ class. 25

Table 4.2 Description of the ‘bulkBlockManifestId’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest class. 25

Table 4.3 Description of the ‘expiryDate’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest class. 25

Table 4.4 Description of the ‘bulkBlockDataFile’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest class. 26

Table 4.5 Description of the ‘BulkBlockDataFile’ class. 26

Table 4.6 Description of the ‘url’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile class. 26

Table 4.7 Description of the ‘checkSum’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile class. 27

Table 4.8 Description of the ‘totalSize’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile class. 27

Table 4.9 Description of the ‘savePoint’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest class. 27

Table 4.10 Description of the ‘serviceSet’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile class. 28

Table 4.11 Description of the ‘ServiceSet’ class. 28

Table 4.12 Description of the ‘serviceRecord’ attribute for the ServiceSet class. 29

Table 4.13 Description of the ‘ServiceRecord’ class. 29

Table 4.14 Description of the ‘serviceName’ attribute for the ServiceRecord class. 29

Table 4.15 Description of the ‘interfaceName’ attribute for the ServiceRecord class. 30

Table 4.16 Description of the ‘operationSet’ attribute for the ServiceRecord class. 30

Table 4.17 Description of the ‘OperationSet’ class. 30

Table 4.18 Description of the ‘operationName’ attribute for the OperationSet class. 31

Table 4.19 Description of the ‘BulkBlockReport’ class. 32

Table 4.20 Description of the ‘bulkBlockManifestIdRef’ attribute for the BulkBlockReport class. 33

Table 4.21 Description of the ‘transactionReport’ attribute for the BulkBlockReport class. 33

Table 4.22 Description of the ‘TransactionReport’ class. 34

Table 4.23 Description of the ‘transactionOpIdentifier’ attribute for the TransactionReport class. 34

Table 4.24 Description of the ‘serviceName’ attribute for the TransactionReport class. 34

Table 4.25 Description of the ‘transactionFailStatus’ attribute for the TransactionReport class. 35

Table 4.26 Description of the ‘FailureReport’ class. 35

Table 4.27 Description of the ‘failureCode’ attribute for the FailureReport class. 36

Table 4.29 Description of the ‘failureDescription’ attribute for the FailureReport class. 36

Table 4.30 Description of the ‘FilterObject’ class. 37

Table 4.31 Description of the ‘filterRule’ attribute for the FilterObject class. 38

Table 4.32 Description of the ‘FilterRule’ class. 38

Table 4.33 Description of the ‘filterType’ attribute for the FilterRule class. 38

Table 4.34 Description of the ‘filterValue’ attribute for the FilterRule class. 39

Table 5.1 Class descriptors. 40

Table 5.2 Description of the ‘BulkDataRecord’ class. 44

Table 5.3 Description of the ‘transactionRecord’ attribute of the BulkDataRecord class. 44

Table 5.4 Description of the ‘TransactionRecord’ class. 45

Table 5.5 Description of the ‘transactionIdentifier’ attribute of the TransactionRecord class. 45

Table 5.6 Description of the ‘serviceName’ attribute of the TransactionRecord class. 46

Table 5.7 Description of the ‘interfaceName’ attribute of the TransactionRecord class. 46

Table 5.8 Description of the ‘operationName’ attribute of the TransactionRecord class. 47

Table 5.9 Description of the ‘parameterSet’ attribute of the TransactionRecord class. 47

Table 5.10 Description of the ‘ParameterSet’ class. 47

Table 5.11 Description of the ‘parameterRecord’ attribute of the ParameterSet class. 48

Table 5.12 Description of the ‘ParameterRecord’ class. 48

Table 5.13 Description of the ‘parameterInvoc’ attribute of the ParameterRecord class. 48

Table 5.14 Description of the ‘parameterName’ attribute of the ParameterRecord class. 49

Table 5.15 Description of the ‘parameterType’ attribute of the ParameterRecord class. 49

Table 5.16 Description of the ‘parameterValue’ attribute of the ParameterRecord class. 50

Table 5.17 Description of the ‘ParameterValue’ class. 50

Table 5.18 Description of the ‘guid’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 51

Table 5.19 Description of the ‘guidSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 51

Table 5.20 Description of the ‘queryObject’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 51

Table 5.21 Description of the ‘sequenceIdentifier’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 52

Table 5.22 Description of the ‘text’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 52

Table 5.23 Description of the ‘url’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 53

Table 5.24 Description of the ‘personRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 53

Table 5.25 Description of the ‘personCoreRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 53

Table 5.26 Description of the ‘personRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 54

Table 5.27 Description of the ‘groupRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 54

Table 5.28 Description of the ‘groupRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 54

Table 5.29 Description of the ‘membershipRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 55

Table 5.30 Description of the ‘membershipRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 55

Table 5.31 Description of the ‘courseTemplateRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 55

Table 5.32 Description of the ‘courseTemplateRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 56

Table 5.33 Description of the ‘courseOfferingRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 56

Table 5.34 Description of the ‘courseSectionRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 56

Table 5.35 Description of the ‘courseSectionRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 57

Table 5.36 Description of the ‘sectionAssociationRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 57

Table 5.37 Description of the ‘sectionAssociationRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 57

Table 5.38 Description of the ‘resultRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 58

Table 5.39 Description of the ‘resultRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 58

Table 5.40 Description of the ‘resultValueRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 58

Table 5.41 Description of the ‘resultValueRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 59

Table 5.42 Description of the ‘lineItemRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 59

Table 5.43 Description of the ‘lineItemRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 59

Table 5.44 Description of the ‘lineItemType’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 60

Table 5.45 Description of the ‘membershipIdType’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 60

Table 5.46 Description of the ‘relationship’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 60

Table 5.47 Description of the ‘role’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 61

Table 5.48 Description of the ‘resultStatus’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 61

Table 5.49 Description of the ‘status’ attribute for the ParameterValue class. 61

Table A1.1 Status codes for the BulkDataExchangeManager interface operations. 64

Table A1.2 Common status codes for the service operations. 65

Table B1.1 The vocabulary for ‘transactionFailStatus’. 66

Table B2.1 The vocabulary for ‘parameterType’. 67

Table B3.1 The vocabulary for ‘filterType’. 69

Table B4.1 The vocabulary for ‘failureCode’. 70

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1�� Introduction

1.1�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Overview

The Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�(BDEMS) specification is the definition of how systems manage the exchange of structured bulk information in learning information systems.� The Bulk Data Exchange Management Service specification is constructed following the recommendations documented in the IMS GLC Abstract Framework�(IAF) [IAF, 03a], [IAF, 03b], [IAF, 03c].� This means that this specification is based upon the concepts of:

·�� Interoperability – the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�focuses on the exchange of structured bulk data between learning information systems.� There are no definitions in the specification on how the data is managed within the systems;

·�� Service-oriented – the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�defines the exchange of information in terms of the services being supplied by the collaboration of the systems;

·�� Component-based – for example, the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�is combined with the Person�Management Service, Group�Management Service, Membership�Management Service, Course�Management Service�and Outcomes Management Service�to provide the Learning Information Services�[LIS, 10a];

·�� Layering – the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�is a part of the Application Services layer but it interacts with the services available in the Common Services�layer e.g. authentication;

·�� Behaviors and Data Models – the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�is defined in terms of its behaviors and data models.� The behaviors cause changes in the state of the data model and the state of the data model will only be altered as a result�of a clearly defined behavior;

·�� Multiple Bindings – the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�information model is defined using the Unified Modeling Language (UML).� This enables reliable mapping of the information model into a range of different bindings.� The binding of immediate importance is to the Web Services Description�Language (WSDL);

·�� Adoption – whenever appropriate, the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�specification makes use of other IMS GLC and non-IMS GLC standards and specifications.

The aim of this specification is to enable systems to exchange structured bulk data.� The defined service can be included in any type�of system e.g. Student Information System, Human Resources System, etc.� A ‘bulk data’ object can be composed of many different types of structured objects e.g. ‘person’, ‘group’, ‘course offering’, etc.� Six operations are supplied that allow a service to announce the presence of the bulk data file and to report the retrieval of the bulk data file.� A separate Web Service file exchange protocol is defined to obtain the bulk data file.

1.2�� Scope and Context

This document is the IMS GLC Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Information Model v1.0 and as such it is used as the basis for the development of the following document:

a)�� IMS GLC Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�WSDL�Binding v1.0 [BDEMS, 10] – the description�of the WSDL binding of the Information Model.

The core uses-cases for the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�are described as a subset of the Learning Information Services�Specification [LIS, 10a].� This is the first version of this service.

This information model defines Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Abstract Application Programming Interface (a-API).� The Learning Information Services�specification, of which the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service is a component, is a series of behavioral models that define how the data models are to be manipulated.� These behavioral models are described using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) [SDN07, 07].

1.3�� Structure of this Document

The structure of this document is:

2.�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Description	The description�of the overall structure and operation of the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service.��This includes the description of the architectural model and the domain object model;
3.�� Behavioral Model	The definition of the operations of Bulk Data Exchange Management Service.��This focuses on the description�of the behaviors supported by the service;
4.�� Interface Data Model	The definition of the data models exchanged between the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�End Systems.� These are the parameters exchanged across the interoperability interface;
5.�� Bulk Data File Data Model	The definition of the data models for the external bulk data file that must be obtained using the file transfer protocol;
6.�� File Retrieval Approaches	A brief discussion on the approach to be used to obtain the external data file(s) identified by the URLs supplied to the service consumer;
7.�� Extending and Profiling�the Service	Identification of the ways in which the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�can be extended both in terms of the addition of new constituent services and proprietary extensions to a service;
Appendix A Service Status Codes	A summary list�of the status�codes, and their causes, that can be returned by each of the operations forming the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service;
Appendix B Set of Vocabularies	The set of vocabularies that have been defined for this service.

1.4�� Nomenclature

API�� Application Programming Interface

a-API�� Abstract Application Programming Interface

BDEMS�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service

FTP�� File Transfer Protocol

FTPES�� FTP over Explicit TLS/SSL

FTPS�� File Transfer Protocol over SSL

HTTP�� Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS�� Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

IAF�� IMS GLC Abstract Framework

IMS GLC�� IMS Global Learning Consortium Inc.

LIS�� Learning Information Services

PIM�� Platform Independent Model

PSM�� Platform Specific Model

RFC�� Request For Comment

SDN�� Specification Development Note

SSH�� Secure Shell

SSL�� Secure Sockets Layer

SFTP�� SSH File Transfer Protocol

TLS�� Transport Layer Security

UML�� Unified Modeling Language

URL�� Uniform Resource Locator

WSDL�� Web Services Description�Language

1.5�� References

[APG, 05a]�� IMS GLC Application Profile Guidelines Overview: Part 1 – Management Overview v1.0, IMS Global Learning Consortium, K.Riley, October 2005. http://www.imsglobal.org/ap/index.html.

[APG, 05b]�� IMS GLC Application Profile Guidelines White Paper: Part 2 Technical Manual, S.Wilson and K.Riley, Version 1.0, IMS Global Learning Consortium, October 2005. http://www.imsglobal.org/ap/index.html.

[BDEMS, 10]�� IMS GLC Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�WSDL�Binding v1.0 Public Draft, L.Feng, W.Lee and C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, April 2010.

[GWS, 05]�� IMS GLC General Web Services WSDL�Binding Guidelines v1.0 Final Specification, C.Schroeder, J.Simon and C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, December 2005.

[IAF, 03a]�� IMS GLC Abstract Framework: Applications, Services & Components v1.0, Ed. C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, July 2003.

[IAF, 03b]�� IMS Abstract Framework: Glossary v1.0, Ed. C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, July 2003.

[IAF, 03c]�� IMS Abstract Framework: White Paper v1.0, Ed. C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, July 2003.

[LIS, 10a]�� IMS GLC Learning Information Services�Specification v2.0 Public Draft, L.Feng, W.Lee and C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, April 2010.

[LIS, 10c]�� IMS GLC Learning Information Services�Best Practices & Implementation Guide�v2.0 Public Draft, L.Feng, W.Lee and C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, April 2010.

[RFC2228]�� FTP Security Extensions, M.Horowitz and S.Lunt, IETF RFC 2228, October 2009.

[RFC4217]�� Securing FTP with TLS, P.Ford-Hutchinson, IETF RFC 4217, October 2005.

[SDN07, 06]�� IMS GLC Specification Note: UML Profile for Platform Independent Model Descriptions of Specifications for Data Models v1.0, C.Smythe, IMS Global Learning Consortium, October 2006.

[VDEX, 04]�� IMS GLC Vocabulary Definition Exchange Best Practice and Implementation Guide, Version 1.0 Final Specification, A. Cooper, IMS Global Learning Consortium, 2005. Online version:� http://www.imsglobal.org/vdex/vdexv1p0/imsvdex_bestv1p0.html

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2�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Description

2.1�� An Abstract Representation

It is important to remember that this document contains the description�of the underlying information model in terms of the abstract API.� The manner in which this abstract representation is visualized is not intended to dictate the implementation form of a Bulk Data Exchange Management System.� The breakdown of the service into its interface classes is a convenient way to document the set of behaviors.� The objective for producing these interfaces is to identify and define the messages that are exchanged between the end-systems to realize the system behaviors required of the service.

The internal organization of an implementation of the full abstract API�is beyond the scope of this specification.� The only constraint is that the external behavior of the abstract API complies with this specification.� This means that a .NET, J2EE, etc. physical implementation of this abstract API does not have to represent the functionality using the same breakdown of operations/methods.� This physical implementation is not subject to the conformance specification.

It is important to note that the UML representation of the interfaces is used to help develop and document the Bulk Data Exchange Services Information Model.� It is not a requirement for an implementation to implement this interface as defined i.e. to use the same parameters, etc.� Conformance�against this specification will be confirmed by inspecting the appropriate binding of the information model and ensuring that the relevant information is present and that different sequences of activity result�in the predicted and mandated behavior.� It is essential that the behaviors described by each of the operations are fully supported and it is also essential that the behaviors described by different sequences be also maintained.

2.2�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Architecture & Specification Model

The basic architectural model for the Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�specification is shown in Figure 2.1.� In this architecture the scope of the IMS GLC Bulk Data Exchange Management Service specification is shown as the dotted line.� The scope of the interoperability is the data and behavioral models of the objects being exchanged.

Figure 2.1 Bulk Data Exchange Management service architecture model.

It is important to remember that the structure of the exchanged information has NO bearing on how the same information is contained within the ‘source’ and ‘target’ Learning Information Services�systems (the bulk data object repositories in the two end-systems).� It is simply a representation of the data used to facilitate exchange between the end-systems.� The only constraint on the end-system repositories is that they provide data persistent consistent with the required behavior.

2.3�� Bulk Data File

The core of the BDEMS�is that two systems exchange bulk data using external data files (the number of physical files exchanged is an implementation issue).� The logical structure of the bulk data file is shown in Figure 2.2b and the equivalent physical distribution to data files is shown in Figure 2.2a.� The bulk data file is acquired using the Web Service (alternative file transfer protocols are also possible but not addressed in this specification).

Figure 2.2 Composition of a bulk data file.

In Figure 2.2b, the top-level container for the bulk data file is the bulk data record that is composed of an unbounded number of Transaction Records.� Each record is used to contain the operation for a particular service and interface combination.� The order of the transaction records is significant however there is no explicit relationship between the transaction records.

2.4�� Handling the Service Status Codes

Each operation in a service is mapped to an appropriate message exchange pattern.� Any response/acknowledgement message will contain status�information.� This status information provides contextual information about the completed success or otherwise of the operation.� There are two types of status information that are available to the end-systems:

· �� Business transaction – these are the status�reports that reflect the business logic of the transactions being exchanged by the end-systems.� This status information will be contained within the message header under a specially defined data structure.� The status information contained herein is also used to contain any error codes i.e. error reporting is handled as a subset of status information reporting;

·�� Messaging fault – these are fault codes that are reported by the messaging infrastructure and which are carried in the messages.

It is important to note that messaging errors may indicate that the original request never reached the service provider end-system.� In this case the service consumer implementation that handles the status�information is responsible for mapping the message infrastructure failure codes to the equivalent business transaction status code.� The message infrastructure failure codes have no meaning with respect to an IMS GLC specification.� The IMS GLC specifications do not describe how the status information is to be handled within an end-system i.e. this will depend on how the abstract API�is physically realized within an implementation.� Therefore, it is important that an implementation can:

· �� Combine the transaction status�information and any message fault error codes in a single integrated status reporting mechanism.� Any other system failure information that is made available by an implementation should also use the same mechanism;

·�� Examine the status�information reported after the completion of the appropriate phase of an operation and especially once the operation has been completed.� This may require an explicit status information call or it may be reported as part of the API�call;

·�� Differentiate the status�information reports for each transaction within an operation.� Remember that some specifications provide operations that can contain more than one transaction request and that a different status report may be given for each of those transactions.

Exception handling is the system’s response to known or unknown error conditions.� Exception handling is outside the scope of an IMS GLC specification.� However, an error condition should not cause the end-systems to fail in an uncontrolled manner.� The requirement for every operation to return status�information is to enable an implementation to terminate in a controlled fashion.

3�� Behavioral Model

3.1�� Service Definition

The BulkDataExchangeManagementService is used to model the service responsible for manipulating information used in Learning Information Services�systems.� The BulkDataExchangeManagementService interface is shown in Figure 3.1.

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Figure 3.1 BulkDataExchangeManagementService interface definition.

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Figure 3.1 BulkDataExchangeManagementService interface definition.

The BulkDataExchangeManagementService has a single interface: BulkDataExchangeManager�that supports the manipulation of a single bulk object object.

NOTE: The operation used to download the data file(s) is not defined in Figure 3.1.� Instead, the specific Web Service binding is defined in Section�6.

3.2�� BulkDataExchangeManager�Interface Description

The BulkDataExchangeManager�interface class describes the operations that are permitted on ‘bulk data’ objects.� The interface stereotype indicates that there are no attributes for this class.� The set of operations are summarized in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1 Summary of operations for BulkDataExchangeManager.

Operation	Description
announceBulkDataExchange	To announce the availability of a bulk data object that is ready to be retrieved by service consumers.� This call suspends real-time event notification
announceFailureBulkDataExchange	To inform the service consumer that a previously issued, and acknowledged, requestBulkDataExchange�transaction cannot be serviced by the service provider.
reportBulkDataExchange	To report the retrieval of the bulk data object whose availability was announced previously.� This signals real-time event processing should be restarted.
requestBulkDataExchange	Issued by the service consumer to request a bulk data exchange from the service provider.
ignoreBulkDataExchange	Issued by the service consumer to inform the service provider that a previously issued announce bulk data exchange request will be ignored.
cancelBulkDataExchange	Issued by the service consumer to inform the service provider that a previously requested bulk data exchange request has now been cancelled.

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3.2.1�� AnnounceBulkDataExchange() Operation

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Name:	announceBulkDataExchange
Return Function Parameter:	StatusInfo�– the status�of the announce request.� The permitted status codes are defined in Tables 3.2 and A.2.
Supplied (in) Parameters:	transactionId:NormalizedString�– the unique identifier assigned to this transaction by the service provider. bulkBlockManifest:BulkBlockManifest�– ‘house-keeping’ information about the bulk data files that are available including the URLs.
Returned (out) Parameters:	None.
Behavior:	When the service provider issues the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ request the target must acknowledge the receipt of the announcement (this must be acknowledged to ensure that the service provider does not enter a retransmission mode, etc.).� This is the first phase of the asynchronous service and all responses must return the transactionId supplied in this operation.� The service consumer will then use an appropriate file retrieval protocol to obtain the file identified by the URL(s) given in the request message.� The ‘house-keeping’ information is used to ascertain whether or not the consumer can make use of the information in the file. Once this call has been issued, the service provider will stop real-time event notifications.� This will be restarted once the bulk exchange has either been completed or prematurely terminated.
Notes:	None.

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Table 3.2 Status codes for the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ operation.

Status Code	Explanation of the Cause of the Code
‘CodeMajor=Success’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’	The announcement request has been successfully received and the supplied data is valid.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invalidurl’	One of the received URLs is invalid.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=incompletedata’	Some mandatory part of the BulkBlockManifest�object has been detected as missing by the service consumer.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invaliddata’	Some part of the BulkBlockManifest�object is invalid.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=unsupportedservices’	One, or more, of the services named in the bulk block data file object is not supported by the service consumer.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=unsupportedoperations’	One, or more, of the services named in the bulk block data file object is not supported by the service consumer.

3.2.2�� AnnounceFailureBulkDataExchange() Operation

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Name:	announceFailureBulkDataExchange
Return Function Parameter:	StatusInfo�– the status�of the announce failure request.� The permitted status codes are defined in Tables 3.3 and A.2.
Supplied (in) Parameters:	transactionId:NormalizedString�– the unique identifier assigned to this transaction by the service provider. failureReport:FailureReport�– the failure report supplied by the service provider.
Returned (out) Parameters:	None.
Behavior:	When the service provider issues the ‘announceFailureBulkDataExchange’ request the service consumer must acknowledge its receipt (this must be acknowledged to ensure that the service provider does not enter a retransmission mode, etc.).� The transactionId must be the same as that supplied by the service consumer allocated in the original ‘requestBulkDataExchange’ operation. In the failure report the following failure codes are permitted: ·�� ‘savepointerror’ – an error has occurred in the processing of the save-point identifier information making it impossible to read the correct objects from the database. Once this call has been issued and acknowledged, the service provider will re-start real-time event notifications.
Notes:	Other failure codes will be defined as required.

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Table 3.3 Status codes for the ‘announceFailureBulkDataExchange’ operation.

Status Code	Explanation of the Cause of the Code
‘CodeMajor=Success’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’	The announce failure operation has been successfully received and processed at the service consumer.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invalidtransactionid’	The transactionId returned by the service provider is unknown at the service consumer.� An error condition is logged at the service consumer but no further processing is undertaken.

Status Code

Explanation of the Cause of the Code

‘CodeMajor=Success’

‘Severity=Status’

‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’

The announce failure operation has been successfully received and processed at the service consumer.

‘CodeMajor=Failure’

‘Severity=Status’

‘CodeMinor=invalidtransactionid’

The transactionId returned by the service provider is unknown at the service consumer.� An error condition is logged at the service consumer but no further processing is undertaken.

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3.2.3�� ReportBulkDataExchange() Operation

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Name:	reportBulkDataExchange
Return Function Parameter:	StatusInfo�– the status�of the report request.� The permitted status codes are defined in Tables 3.4 and A.2.
Supplied (in) Parameters:	transactionId:NormalizedString�– the unique identifier assigned to this transaction by the service provider’s previous announcement of available bulk data. bulkBlockReport:BulkBlockReport�– the status�report information on the retrieval of the bulk block data file.
Returned (out) Parameters:	None.
Behavior:	When the service consumer issues the ‘reportBulkDataExchange’ request the service provider must acknowledge its receipt.� This report operation is in response to a previously sent announcement i.e. this is the second phase of the asynchronous service.� This report provides details on the processing of the transactions in the bulk data record.� Error information concerning any transaction processing that resulted in a failure condition is reported. Receipt of a valid report results in the real-time event notification to be restarted by the service provider.
Notes:	None.

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Table 3.4 Status codes for the ‘reportBulkDataExchange’ operation.

Status Code	Explanation of the Cause of the Code
‘CodeMajor=Success’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’	The report has been successfully received at the service provider and the supplied data is valid.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invalidtransactionid’	The transactionId returned by the service consumer is unknown at the service provider.� An error condition is logged at the service provider but no further processing is undertaken.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=incompletedata’	Some mandatory part of the BulkBlockReport�object has been detected as missing by the service provider.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invaliddata’	Some part of the BulkBlockReport�object is invalid.
CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=expireddata’	The bulk data file ‘expiryDate’ shows that the validity of the file has expired.

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3.2.4�� RequestBulkDataExchange() Operation

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Name:	requestBulkDataExchange
Return Function Parameter:	StatusInfo�– the status�of the bulk data request.� The permitted status codes are defined in Tables 3.5 and A.2.
Supplied (in) Parameters:	transactionId:NormalizedString�– the unique identifier assigned to this transaction by the service consumer and to be used in associated transaction responses. filter:FilterObject – the filter (supplied as a type/value pair) that is to be applied by the service provider to create the bulk data exchange file required by the service consumer.� The current filter instructions are: ·�� ‘type=object’ – this is used to identify the data types are required e.g. Person�objects, Group�objects, etc. (the permitted range of values is defined in the associated vocabulary); ·�� ‘type=savepoint’ – the sequence identifier reference point from which the required data is to be supplied. The filter instructions are composed using a logical ‘AND’.
Returned (out) Parameters:	None.
Behavior:	Upon receipt and acceptance of this request, the service provider is expected to suspend real-time event notifications.
Notes:	None.

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Table 3.5 Status codes for the ‘requestBulkDataExchange’ operation.

Status Code	Explanation of the Cause of the Code
‘CodeMajor=Success’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’	The request has been successfully received and the target will be able to fulfill the request.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invaliddata’	The identified object data type(s) is/are unknown in the service provider.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=savepointerror’	An error has occurred in the processing of the save-point identifier information making it impossible to read the correct objects from the database.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=savepointsyncerror’	The value of the save point reference from the source was later than that of the target system.� No synchronization data will be made available.

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3.2.5�� IgnoreBulkDataExchange() Operation

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Name:	ignoreBulkDataExchange
Return Function Parameter:	StatusInfo�– the status�of the ignore transaction.� The permitted status codes are defined in Tables 3.6 and A.2.
Supplied (in) Parameters:	transactionId:NormalizedString�– the unique identifier assigned to this transaction by the service provider’s previous announcement of available bulk data.
Returned (out) Parameters:	None.
Behavior:	The ‘ignoreBulkDataExchange’ operation is issued when the service consumer wishes to inform the service provider that a previously issued ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ transaction will be ignored. Furthermore real-time event processing is to be resumed by both the service provider and service consumer.
Notes:	None.

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Table 3.6 Status codes for the ‘ignoreBulkDataExchange’ operation.

Status Code	Explanation of the Cause of the Code
‘CodeMajor=Success’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’	The ignore request has been successfully received at the service provider.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invalidtransactionid’	The transactionId returned by the service consumer is unknown at the service provider.� An error condition is logged at the service provider but no further processing is undertaken.

Status Code

Explanation of the Cause of the Code

‘CodeMajor=Success’

‘Severity=Status’

‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’

The ignore request has been successfully received at the service provider.

‘CodeMajor=Failure’

‘Severity=Status’

‘CodeMinor=invalidtransactionid’

The transactionId returned by the service consumer is unknown at the service provider.� An error condition is logged at the service provider but no further processing is undertaken.

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3.2.6�� CancelBulkDataExchange() Operation

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Name:	cancelBulkDataExchange
Return Function Parameter:	StatusInfo�– the status�of the cancel transaction.� The permitted status codes are defined in Tables 3.7 and A.2.
Supplied (in) Parameters:	transactionId:NormalizedString�– the unique identifier assigned to this transaction by the service consumer’s previous bulk data exchange request.
Returned (out) Parameters:	None.
Behavior:	The ‘cancelBulkDataExchange’ operation is issued when the service consumer wishes to inform the service provider that a previously issued bulk data exchange request transaction is to be cancelled.� The transactionId must be the same as that supplied in the previous ‘requestBulkDataExchange’. Furthermore real-time event processing is to be resumed by both the service provider and service consumer.
Notes:	None.

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Table 3.7 Status codes for the ‘cancelBulkDataExchange’ operation.

Status Code	Explanation of the Cause of the Code
‘CodeMajor=Success’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’	The cancel request has been successfully received at the service provider.
‘CodeMajor=Failure’ ‘Severity=Status’ ‘CodeMinor=invalidtransactionid’	The transactionId returned by the service consumer is unknown at the service provider.� An error condition is logged at the service provider but no further processing is undertaken.

Status Code

Explanation of the Cause of the Code

‘CodeMajor=Success’

‘Severity=Status’

‘CodeMinor=fullsuccess’

The cancel request has been successfully received at the service provider.

‘CodeMajor=Failure’

‘Severity=Status’

‘CodeMinor=invalidtransactionid’

The transactionId returned by the service consumer is unknown at the service provider.� An error condition is logged at the service provider but no further processing is undertaken.

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3.3�� Service Choreography

The Bulk Data Exchange Management Services is an asynchronous service.� There are two basic patterns:

·�� Service provider driven announcements;

·�� Service consumer driven requests.

Figure 3.2 is a schematic representation of the service choreography for the service provider driven process; the announce/report service calls choreography.

Figure 3.2 Service provider driven asynchronous service choreography.

The two phases of the BDEMS�are separated by the data file download protocol (using a secure HTTP message file retrieval i.e. HTTPSget).� The first phase is established when the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ request message is issued by the service provider.� Once received by the service consumer the announcement acknowledgement is sent back to the service provider.� At some later time, determined by the service consumer, the identified set of data files are retrieved using one or more ‘HTTPSget’ calls (the data files may, or may not, be stored on the service provider or some other data store); see Section�6.� The contents of the data files are inspected.� Once the data files have been processed, the service consumer issues the ‘reportBulkDataExchange’ message to the service provider.� In response the service provider acknowledges receipt of the report message.� Real-time event notifications and processing between these two systems is suspended during this choreography.

Each of the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ and ‘reportBulkDataExchange’ request/acknowledgement message sequences is synchronous i.e. the service is blocked until the corresponding acknowledgement is received.� It is the choreography between the two sets of message sequences, and the download protocol, that is asynchronous.

The service consumer driven choreography is shown schematically in Figure 3.3.� The service consumer issues the ‘requestBulkDataExchange’ call. At some point later, the service provider issues an ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ request to inform the service consumer of the location of the requested data files.� The choreography now follows the sequence as shown in Figure 3.2.

Figure 3.3 Service provider driven asynchronous service choreography.

In Figures 3.2 and 3.3 the acknowledgement messages are empty messages but are tagged so that the original request messages is identified.� An appropriate status�code is returned i.e. the acknowledgement may indicate that the request will not be completed.

The choreographies shown in Figure 3.2 and 3.3 address the success sequence of events.� Alternative choreographies are possible when failure conditions are detected or the service consumer wishes to prematurely end�the process i.e. and return to real-time event processing.� These alternate choreographies are supported by the following operations:

·�� In Figure 3.2 the service consumer can restart the real-time event processing without downloading the bulk data file(s) by issuing the ‘ignoreBulkDataExchange’.� Real-time event processing restarts once the service provider acknowledges receipt of the ‘ignoreBulkDataExchange’;

·�� In Figure 3.3 the service provider may issue the ‘announceFailureBulkDataExchange’ instead of the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’.� This occurs when the service provider is unable to service the original request.� For example, the service provider may be unable to apply the required data retrieval filters;

·�� In Figure 3.3 the service consumer may prematurely cancel the bulk data exchange by issuing the ‘cancelBulkDataExchange’ operation.� At this point the service provider will cancel the generation and storage of the corresponding bulk data files.� Real-time event processing is immediately restarted by both the service consumer and provider.

4�� Interface Data Model

The set of operations described within the behavior model (Section�3) are based upon class descriptions specific to the parameters of the operations.� All parameters are mandatory.

Table 5.1 lists the class descriptors used to describe the abstract classes and definitions of the descriptors.

4.1�� BulkBlockManifest�Class Description

The PIM for the BulkBlockManifest�data model is shown in Figure 4.1.

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Figure 4.1 BulkBlockManifest class diagram.

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Figure 4.1 BulkBlockManifest�class diagram.

Table 4.1 Description�of the ‘BulkBlockManifest’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	BulkBlockManifest
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	Parameter Root
Children	[ bulkBlockManifestId, expiryDate, bulkBlockDataFile�]
Description	This is the container for all of the information that describes the data that is to be found in the external bulk data files. This is a manifest for the set of external files i.e. the bulk data can be stored in more than one file.� A unique transaction identifier is also included.

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4.1.1�� BulkBlockManifestId Attribute Description

Table 4.2 Description�of the ‘bulkBlockManifestId’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	bulkBlockManifestId
Data type	LUID
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	1
Description	This is a unique identifier that is used to mark this bulk block manifest transaction.� All transaction responses to this request must refer to this identifier.

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4.1.2�� ExpiryDate Attribute Description

Table 4.3 Description�of the ‘expiryDate’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	dateTime
Data type	DateTime
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	1
Description	The date and time after which the data file set will be declared as expired.

4.1.3�� BulkBlockDataFile�Attribute Description

Table 4.4 Description�of the ‘bulkBlockDataFile’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	bulkBlockDataFile
Data type	BulkBlockDataFile
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, ordered
Description	The information specific to a block data file.

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4.1.4�� BulkBlockDataFile�Class Description

Table 4.5 Description�of the ‘BulkBlockDataFile’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	BulkBlockDataFile
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, ordered
Parents	BulkBlockManifest
Children	[ url,�checkSumhexadecmal, totalSize, savePoint, serviceSet�]
Description	The container for all of the data specific to a block data file. File order is significant.

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4.1.5�� Url�Attribute Description

Table 4.6 Description�of the ‘url’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	url
Data type	URL
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	1
Description	The URL of the data block file.� This URL must be used by the appropriate file download protocol (defined in Section�6).

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4.1.6�� CheckSum Attribute Description

Table 4.7 Description�of the ‘checkSum’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	checkSum
Data type	Hexadecimal
Value space	A 128bit hexadecimal number in the range [‘x00000000000000000000000000000000’-‘xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF’)
Multiplicity	1
Description	The checksum of the file.� The algorithm will be MD5 i.e. a 128-bit checksum is created.

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4.1.7�� TotalSize Attribute Description

Table 4.8 Description�of the ‘totalSize’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	totalSize
Data type	Integer
Value space	An integer in the range [1-2^32-1].
Multiplicity	1
Description	This is the total length of the file in bytes.

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4.1.8�� SavePoint Attribute Description

Table 4.9 Description�of the ‘savePoint’ attribute for the BulkBlockManifest�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	savePoint
Data type	SequenceIdentifier
Value space	See Table 4.3.
Multiplicity	1
Description	The date and time after which the data file set will be declared as expired.

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4.1.9�� ServiceSet�Attribute Description

Table 4.10 Description�of the ‘serviceSet’ attribute for the BulkBlockDataFile�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	serviceSet
Data type	ServiceSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1
Description	The container for the set of information for all of the service operations.� There is a separate sub-container for the information about each operation.� This information is used to provide the service provider with a summary of the services and operations that are to be invoked.

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4.1.10�� ServiceSet�Class Description

Table 4.11 Description�of the ‘ServiceSet’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	ServiceSet
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	BulkBlockDataFile
Children	[ serviceRecord�]
Description	The container for the set of information for all of the service operations.� There is a separate sub-container for the information about each service and interface combination. The order of this information is unimportant because it is not used to organize how the data file is interpreted.� There may be several descriptions for a service. This information is used by a service consumer to determine whether or not it can handle all of the operations described in the bulk data file.

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Table 4.12 Description�of the ‘serviceRecord’ attribute for the ServiceSet�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	serviceRecord
Data type	ServiceRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, unordered
Description	The container for information about a single service and interface combination.

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4.1.11�� ServiceRecord�Class Description

Table 4.13 Description�of the ‘ServiceRecord’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	ServiceRecord
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, ordered
Parents	ServiceSet
Children	[ serviceName, interfaceName, operationSet�]
Description	The container for information about a single service and interface combination.

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Table 4.14 Description�of the ‘serviceName’ attribute for the ServiceRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	serviceName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	NormalizedString [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	The name of the service that owns the operation.� This name is that allocated to the name of the ServiceModel Package in the service PIM.

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Table 4.15 Description�of the ‘interfaceName’ attribute for the ServiceRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	interfaceName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	NormalizedString [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	The name of the interface that owns the operation. This name is that allocated to the name of the interface class in the ServiceModel Package in the service PIM.

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Table 4.16 Description�of the ‘operationSet’ attribute for the ServiceRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	operationSet
Data type	OperationSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1
Description	The container for the set of named operations that must be supported for the successful completion of the data file read.

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4.1.12�� OperationSet�Class Description

Table 4.17 Description�of the ‘OperationSet’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	OperationSet
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	ServiceRecord
Children	[ operationName ]
Description	The container for the set of named operations that must be supported for the successful completion of the data file read.

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Table 4.18 Description�of the ‘operationName’ attribute for the OperationSet�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	operationName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	NormalizedString [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, unordered
Description	The names of the set of operations that are supported by the associated service/interface combination.

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4.2�� BulkBlockReport�Class Description

The PIM for the BulkBlockReport�data model is shown in Figure 4.2.

Figure 4.2 BulkBlockReport class diagram.

Figure 4.2 BulkBlockReport�class diagram.

Table 4.19 Description�of the ‘BulkBlockReport’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	BulkBlockReport
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	Parameter Root
Children	[ bulkBlockManifestIdRef, transactionReport�]
Description	This is the container for the report information that is returned in the ‘reportBulkDataExchange’�operation.� This report must be returned to the service provider that issued the original ‘announceBulkDataExchange’�operation.

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Table 4.20 Description�of the ‘bulkBlockManifestIdRef’ attribute for the BulkBlockReport�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	bulkBlockManifestIdRef
Data type	LUID
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	1
Description	This is the unique identifier that was allocated to the BulkBlockManifest�in the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’�request operation to which this report is a response.� This enables the two block manifest operations to be correlated.

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Table 4.21 Description�of the ‘transactionReport’ attribute for the BulkBlockReport�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	transactionReport
Data type	TransactionReport
Value space	container
Multiplicity	0..unbounded, ordered
Description	The container for the status�reports on all the transactions within the bulk data file that were unsuccessfully completed by the service consumer.� If no reports are contained then the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’�request has been successfully completed.

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4.2.1�� TransactionReport�Class Description

Table 4.22 Description�of the ‘TransactionReport’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	TransactionReport
Class type	container
Multiplicity	0..unbounded, ordered
Parents	BulkBlockReport
Children	[ transactionOpIdentifierRef, serviceName, transactionFailStatus ]
Description	The container for the status�reports on all the transactions within the bulk data file that were unsuccessfully completed by the service consumer.� If no reports are contained then the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’�request has been successfully completed.

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Table 4.23 Description�of the ‘transactionOpIdentifier’ attribute for the TransactionReport�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	transactionOpIdentifierRef
Data type	LUID
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	1
Description	This is the unique identifier allocated to this transaction in the Bulk Data File.� Only those transactions that have resulted in a failure condition are reported using this object.

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Table 4.24 Description�of the ‘serviceName’ attribute for the TransactionReport�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	serviceName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	NormalizedString [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	The name of the service that owns the operation.� This name is that allocated to the name of the ServiceModel Package in the service PIM.

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Table 4.25 Description�of the ‘transactionFailStatus’ attribute for the TransactionReport�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	transactionFailStatus
Data type	Enumerated list.
Value space	Vocabulary-based – see Appendix B.
Multiplicity	1
Description	The data that is used to report the failure condition of the transaction.� The significance of the status�value is dependent on the service and operation that has resulted in the failure.� The value space for this vocabulary is approved by IMS GLC and made available to the public as defined in [SDN11, 06].� The syntax and semantics of the approved list�of terms shall be supported by all software components implementing this Information Model. The value space for the vocabulary may be extended.� Such extending expressions may be created and used only when no approved IMS GLC value satisfies the expressive need of an implementing community to define the shape of a collection.

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4.3�� FailureReport Class Description

This is the data-type for the reporting of the failure conditions associated with the ‘announceBulkDataExchange’ and reported in the ‘announceFailureBulkDataExchange’ transaction.

Table 4.26 Description�of the ‘FailureReport’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	FailureReport
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	Parameter Root
Children	[ failureCode, failureDescription ]
Description	The container for the failure�reports by the service provider in response to a ‘requestBulkDataExchange’�transaction.

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Table 4.27 Description�of the ‘failureCode’ attribute for the FailureReport�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	failureCode
Data type	Enumerated list.
Value space	Vocabulary-based – see Appendix B.
Multiplicity	1
Description	The data that is used to report the failure code for a ‘requestBulkDataExchange’ transaction.� The value space for this vocabulary is approved by IMS GLC and made available to the public as defined in [SDN11, 06].� The syntax and semantics of the approved list�of terms shall be supported by all software components implementing this Information Model. The value space for the vocabulary may be extended.� Such extending expressions may be created and used only when no approved IMS GLC value satisfies the expressive need of an implementing community to define the shape of a collection.

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Table 4.29 Description�of the ‘failureDescription’ attribute for the FailureReport�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	failureDescription
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	A Normalized String [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	A short, human readable, description�of the cause of the failure of the ‘requestBulkDataExchnage’.

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4.4�� FilterObject�Class Description

This is the data-type for the set of filter rules that are to be applied to the data objects controlled by the service provider.� The PIM for the FilterObject�data model is shown in Figure 4.3.

Figure 4.3 FilterObject class diagram.

Figure 4.3 FilterObject�class diagram.

Table 4.30 Description�of the ‘FilterObject’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	FilterObject
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	Parameter Root
Children	[ filterRule ]
Description	The container for the set of filter rules that are to be applied to the set of data objects.� The set of rules are composed assuming a logical ‘AND’ relationship.

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Table 4.31 Description�of the ‘filterRule’ attribute for the FilterObject�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	filterRule
Data type	FilterRule
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, unordered
Description	The set of filter rules.

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Table 4.32 Description�of the ‘FilterRule’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	FilterRule
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	FilterObject
Children	[ filterType, filterValue ]
Description	The container for the type/value tuple for each filter rule.

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Table 4.33 Description�of the ‘filterType’ attribute for the FilterRule�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	filterType
Data type	Enumerated list.
Value space	Enumerated as: ·�� ‘object’ – provide data according to the identified type�of data object; ·�� ‘savepoint’ – provide data that has been changed at, or after, the supplied SequenceIdentifier reference point.
Multiplicity	1
Description	The data that is used to define the permitted set of filter rules.

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Table 4.34 Description�of the ‘filterValue’ attribute for the FilterRule�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	filterValue
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	If ‘filterType=object’ then the value space is the enumerated set defined in corresponding vocabulary in Appendix B If ‘filterType=savepoint’ then the value space is defined by the data-type SequenceIdentifier.
Multiplicity	1
Description	The rule that is to be applied to the data retrieval.

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4.5�� SequenceIdentifier Class Description

This is the data-type for the sequence identifier used to denote identify the synchronization reference point between the two communicating systems.� The sequence is denoted by the date-time string YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.NNN where ‘YYYY’ denotes the year, the first ‘MM’ string the month (01-12), ‘DD’ the day (01-31), ‘HH’ the hour (00-23), the second ‘MM’ string the minute (00-59), ‘SS’ the second (00-59) and ‘NN’ the millisecond value (000-999).�

At initialization the value is set to ‘1000-01-01T00:00:00.000’.� The value is changed to the current time for every operation that results in a change of the value of the data stored in the ‘group’ object.

All values are to be rounded down at the level�of greatest resolution.

4.6�� StatusInfo�Class Description

This is the container for the status�information returned by the target to the source.� The structure of this class is described in the IMS GLC General Web Services specification v1.0 (Appendix A) [GWS, 05].

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5�� Bulk Data File Data Model

The bulk data model defines the logical structure of the data to be stored in the external data file(s) that is exchanged between BDEMS�systems.� All UML diagrams expressed as “Platform Independent Model” are non-normative. Normative tables defining the classes in this Information Model follow the informative UML diagrams.� A full definition of the UML Profile and the terms used in the normative tabular descriptions in this document to describe the PIM can be found in [SDN07, 06].

In the tables in this section�the character sequence “n/a” is used to mark a field “not applicable.” Any field so marked is not relevant to the class being defined. Features so marked shall be ignored when binding a class defined by this Information Model.

5.1�� Key terms and concepts

Classes in this information model are classified into three abstract class types. These abstractions are bound to specific data structures for machine processing in the IMS GLC Bulk Data Exchange Management Services WSDL�Binding Version 1.0 [BDEMS, 09]. The three abstract class types are:

·�� container: A container class may be a parent of one or more child classes;

·�� value: A value class shall not be a parent. That is, it shall not be a composite of characteristic, container, value, or unspecified class types. A value class shall always be a child of a container class and shall have semantic value within the scope of its parent class’s semantic value;

·�� unspecified: An unspecified class may be a parent. An unspecified class serves as an extension point for this Information Model.

Table 5.1 lists the class descriptors used to describe the abstract classes and definitions of the descriptors.

Table 5.1 Class descriptors

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	The name given to the class being described.
Class type	The abstract class type�of this class.
Data type	For value and characteristic classes, the allowed structure for valid values for the class. Valid data types are: Boolean: The primitive, two-valued data type�that uses the keywords “true” and “false” to indicate the logical state of an object. DateTime: The DateTime represents a combined date and time in the format of ISO 8601 i.e. ‘YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD’. The time is denoted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with TZD denoting the time zone offset in hours and minutes with respect to UTC. GUID: An identifier that is globally unique. This will be based upon the NormalizedString data-type that has a constrained value-space. Hexadecimal: A hexadecimal number. Integer: An integer. LUID: An identifier that is locally unique i.e. within the context of the two communicating systems. This will be based upon the NormalizedString data-type that has a constrained value-space. NormalizedString: A sequence of printable characters that does not contain carriage returns or tabs. String: A sequence of printable characters. Unspecified: The data type�is not known or is not important. URL: A string that conforms to the constraints of a URL. A normalized string for the of [1-4095 characters].
Value space	The range of valid values for this class. If the value space is unspecified, it is not known or is not important.
Multiplicity	A property of a class indicating the number of times it may be used or appear in a given parent context. The values of this property are expressed as a range or shorthand for a range using this notation: ‘0..1’ [optional; restricted] ‘0..unbounded’ [optional; unrestricted] ‘1..1’ [mandatory; restricted] ‘1..unbounded’ [mandatory; unrestricted] Multiplicities may also appear in short-hand notation in the UML models. The short-hand equivalents shall be (exclusive of bracketed comments): ‘’ [optional; unrestricted] ‘1’ [mandatory; restricted] ‘1..’ [mandatory; unrestricted] Where multiplicity is greater than one, the importance of the ordering of siblings is also indicated by appending either “,”ordered or “,” unordered. Ordered specifies a sequence of siblings as listed, unordered specifies a collection or bag of siblings in which order is not important.
Parents	Lists classes that may be parents of this class.
Children	Lists the possible child classes of this class in the form “[” child “,” child “]”. One or more child classes may be expressed within square brackets. Each child class shall be separated by a comma. Where more than one child is listed, the importance of the ordering of siblings is also indicated by appending either “,”ordered* or “,” unordered. Ordered specifies a sequence of siblings as listed, unordered specifies a collection or bag of siblings in which order is not important.
Description	Contains descriptions relating to the class and its values space.

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In general, this specification does not define the ways in which an end�system must be realized. However, the required interoperability behavior requires that an end system have certain characteristics.� The static properties of these characteristics are defined in this Section, including:

·�� When an attribute has a multiplicity of ‘1..1’ then an end�system must be capable of supporting one instance;

·�� When an attribute has a multiplicity of ‘1..*’ then an end�system must be capable of supporting at least one instance.� The specification will also define the smallest permitted maximum number of instances that must also be supported by the end system;

·�� When an attribute has a multiplicity of ‘0..1’ then an end�system should support a single instance;

·�� When an attribute has a multiplicity of ‘0..*’ then the specification will define the smallest permitted maximum number of instances that must also be supported by the end�system.

When the object is passed as part of a service call then attributes that have a ‘1..1’ or ‘1..*’ multiplicity may not be exchanged.� This is because the specification of an end�system defines capability; an operational system may or may not exchange the associated information.

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5.2�� BulkDataRecord�Class Description

The PIM for the BulkDataRecord�data model is shown in Figure 5.1.

Figure 5.1 BulkDataRecord class diagram.

Figure 5.1 BulkDataRecord�class diagram.

Table 5.2 Description�of the ‘BulkDataRecord’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	BulkDataRecord
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	Root
Children	[ transactionRecord�], ordered
Description	This is the top-level container for the set of transaction records that are contained within the bulk data record.

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5.2.1�� TransactionRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.3 Description�of the ‘transactionRecord’ attribute of the BulkDataRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	transactionRecord
Data type	TransactionRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, ordered
Description	Each transaction has its own data structure.� The order of the transactionRecords is important and must be maintained.� A bulk data file must be able to store at least 100,000 transactionRecords.

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5.3�� TransactionRecord�Class Description

Table 5.4 Description�of the ‘TransactionRecord’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	TransactionRecord
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, ordered
Parents	BulkDataRecord
Children	[ transactionOpIdentifier, serviceName, interfaceName, operationName, parameterSet�], ordered
Description	This is the container for each of the transactions that is to be processed by a BDEMS.��Each ‘transactionRecord’�is self-contained but the consequences of its processing will depend on the position it occurs within the sequence of transactionRecords.

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5.3.1�� TransactionIdentifier Attribute Description

Table 5.5 Description�of the ‘transactionIdentifier’ attribute of the TransactionRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	transactionOpIdentifier
Data type	LUID
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	1
Description	This is the unique identifier assigned to this transactionRecord�within the set of bulk data records (each BDEMS�call could involve several URLs, each pointing to a different file each of which contains a bulk data record structure).

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5.3.2�� ServiceName Attribute Description

Table 5.6 Description�of the ‘serviceName’ attribute of the TransactionRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	serviceName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	A Normalized String [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	The name of the service that owns the operation described in the transactionRecord.��This name is that allocated to the name of the ServiceModel Package in the service PIM.

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5.3.3�� InterfaceName Attribute Description

Table 5.7 Description�of the ‘interfaceName’ attribute of the TransactionRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	interfaceName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	NormalizedString [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	The name of the interface that owns the operation described in the transactionRecord.�This name is that allocated to the name of the interface class in the ServiceModel Package in the service PIM.

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5.3.4�� OperationName Attribute Description

Table 5.8 Description�of the ‘operationName’ attribute of the TransactionRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	operationName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	NormalizedString [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	The name of the operation that must be actioned by the end�system. The name allocated to operation in the interface class in the ServiceModel Package in the service PIM.

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5.3.5�� ParameterSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.9 Description�of the ‘parameterSet’ attribute of the TransactionRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	parameterSet
Data type	ParameterSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1
Description	The container for the set of parameters that is associated with the operation.

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5.4�� ParameterSet�Class Description

Table 5.10 Description�of the ‘ParameterSet’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	ParameterSet
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	TransactionRecord
Children	[ parameterRecord], unordered
Description	This is the container for the set of parameterRecord�descriptions.� Each parameter of the operation has its own ‘parameterRecord’ description.

5.4.1�� ParameterRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.11 Description�of the ‘parameterRecord’ attribute of the ParameterSet�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	parameterRecord
Data type	ParameterRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, unordered
Description	This is the container for the set of parameterRecord�descriptions.� Each parameter of the operation has its own ‘parameterRecord’ description.��An implementation must be capable of supporting at least ten parameterRecords.

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5.5�� ParameterRecord�Class Description

Table 5.12 Description�of the ‘ParameterRecord’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	ParameterRecord
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1..unbounded, unordered
Parents	ParameterSet
Children	[ parameterInvoc, parameterName, parameterType, parameterValue�]
Description	This is the container for each parameter associated with the operation.

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5.5.1�� ParameterInvoc Attribute Description

Table 5.13 Description�of the ‘parameterInvoc’ attribute of the ParameterRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	parameterInvoc
Data type	Enumerated.
Value space	Enumerated as {In, Out}.� ‘In’ refers to a parameter sent to the service provider and ‘Out’ for a parameter sent from the service provider.
Multiplicity	1
Description	Identifies whether the parameter is input to, or output from, the service.

5.5.2�� ParameterName Attribute Description

Table 5.14 Description�of the ‘parameterName’ attribute of the ParameterRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	parameterName
Data type	NormalizedString
Value space	NormalizedString [1-255 characters].
Multiplicity	1
Description	The name of the parameter being described. This name is that allocated to the parameter in the ServiceModel Package in the service PIM.

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5.5.3�� ParameterType Attribute Description

Table 5.15 Description�of the ‘parameterType’ attribute of the ParameterRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	parameterType
Data type	Enumerated list.
Value space	Vocabulary-based – see Appendix B.
Multiplicity	1
Description	This identifies the data-type of the parameter and covers all of the data-types used in the set of services used to create the LIS.� The value space for this vocabulary is approved by IMS GLC and made available to the public as defined in [SDN11, 06].� The syntax and semantics of the approved list�of terms shall be supported by all software components implementing this Information Model. The value space for the vocabulary may be extended.� Such extending expressions may be created and used only when no approved IMS GLC value satisfies the expressive need of an implementing community to define the shape of a collection.

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5.5.4�� ParameterValue�Attribute Description

Table 5.16 Description�of the ‘parameterValue’ attribute of the ParameterRecord�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	parameterValue
Data type	ParameterValue
Value space	container
Multiplicity	1
Description	This is the actual data structure that is passed in the parameter.

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5.6�� ParameterValue�Class Description

Table 5.17 Description�of the ‘ParameterValue’ class.

Descriptor	Definition
Class name	ParameterValue
Class type	container
Multiplicity	1
Parents	ParameterRecord
Children	[ guid, guidSet, objectQuery, sequenceIdentifier, text,�url , personRecord,�personCoreRecord, personRecordSet, groupRecord,�groupRecordSet, membershipRecord,�membershipRecordSet, courseTemplateRecord, courseTemplateRecordSet,�courseOfferingRecord, courseOfferingRecordSet,�courseSectionRecord, courseSectionRecordSet,�sectionAssociationRecord, sectionAssociationRecordSet, resultRecord,�resultRecordSet, lineItemRecord,�lineItemRecordSet, lineItemType, membershipIdType, relationship,�role,�resultStatus,�status�], xor
Description	This is the container for the data structure that is passed in the parameter.� An instance of this container will have only one of the children listed.

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5.6.1�� Guid Attribute Description

Table 5.18 Description�of the ‘guid’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	guid
Data type	GUID
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	The unique identifier of the object.

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5.6.2�� GuidSet Attribute Description

Table 5.19 Description�of the ‘guidSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	guidSet
Data type	GUIDSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of GUIDs.� See the appropriate service specification.

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5.6.3�� QueryObject Attribute Description

Table 5.20 Description�of the ‘queryObject’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	queryObject
Data type	QueryObject
Value space	NormalizedString [1..4095] characters.
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	This is the data-type for the query instruction.� This is a string with the smallest permitted maximum length of 4095 bytes.� The internal structure of this string is undefined.� Later versions of this specification will look at the established best practices for clarification on the use of this string.

5.6.4�� SequenceIdentifier Attribute Description

Table 5.21 Description�of the ‘sequenceIdentifier’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	sequenceIdentifier
Data type	SequenceIdentifier
Value space	DateTime: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.NNN
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	This is the data-type for the sequence identifier used to denote identify the synchronization reference point between the two communicating systems.� The sequence is denoted by the date-time string YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.NNN where ‘YYYY’ denotes the year, the first ‘MM’ string the month (01-12), ‘DD’ the day (01-31), ‘HH’ the hour (00-23), the second ‘MM’ string the minute (00-59), ‘SS’ the second (00-59) and ‘NN’ the millisecond value (000-999).� At initialization the value is set to ‘2000-01-01T00:00:00.000’.� The value is changed to the current time for every operation that results in a change of the value of the data stored in the ‘group’ object. All values are to be rounded down at the level�of greatest resolution.

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5.6.5�� Text�Attribute Description

Table 5.22 Description�of the ‘text’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	text
Data type	Text
Value space	Language dependent String [1-127 characters].� The default language�is ‘en-US’.
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A language�dependent string container.

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5.6.6�� URL Attribute Description

Table 5.23 Description�of the ‘url’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	url
Data type	URL
Value space	See Table 5.1.
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	This is the URL of the external data file that is used to contain the relevant objects.� An implementation must be capable of supporting URLs of at least 1024 bytes in length i.e. the shortest permitted maximum length.

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5.6.7�� PersonRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.24 Description�of the ‘personRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	personRecord
Data type	PersonRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A person record.� See the IMS GLC Person�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.8�� PersonCoreRecord Attribute Description

Table 5.25 Description�of the ‘personCoreRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	personCoreRecord
Data type	PersonCoreRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A core person record.� See the IMS GLC Person�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

5.6.9�� PersonRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.26 Description�of the ‘personRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	personRecordSet
Data type	PersonRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of person records.� See the IMS GLC Person�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.10�� GroupRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.27 Description�of the ‘groupRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	groupRecord
Data type	GroupRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A group record.� See the IMS GLC Group�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.11�� GroupRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.28 Description�of the ‘groupRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	groupRecordSet
Data type	GroupRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of group records.� See the IMS GLC Group�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.12�� MembershipRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.29 Description�of the ‘membershipRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	membershipRecord
Data type	MembershipRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A membership�record.� See the IMS GLC Membership�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.13�� MembershipRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.30 Description�of the ‘membershipRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	membershipRecordSet
Data type	MembershipRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of membership�records.� See the IMS GLC Membership�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.14�� CourseTemplateRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.31 Description�of the ‘courseTemplateRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	courseTemplateRecord
Data type	CourseTemplateRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A course template�record.� See the IMS GLC Course�Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.15�� CourseTemplateRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.32 Description�of the ‘courseTemplateRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	courseTemplateRecordSet
Data type	CourseTemplateRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of course template�records.� See the IMS GLC Course�Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.16�� CourseOfferingRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.33 Description�of the ‘courseOfferingRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	courseOfferingRecord
Data type	CourseOfferingRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A course offering�record.� See the IMS GLC Course�Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.17�� CourseSectionRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.34 Description�of the ‘courseSectionRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	courseSectionRecord
Data type	CourseSectionRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A course section�record.� See the IMS GLC Course�Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.18�� CourseSectionRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.35 Description�of the ‘courseSectionRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	courseSectionRecordSet
Data type	CourseSectionRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of course section�records.� See the IMS GLC Cour se�Management Service�Information Model v2.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.19�� SectionAssociationRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.36 Description�of the ‘sectionAssociationRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	sectionAssociationRecord
Data type	SectionAssociationRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A section�association�record.� See the IMS GLC Course�Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.20�� SectionAssociationRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.37 Description�of the ‘sectionAssociationRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	sectionAssociationRecordSet
Data type	SectionAssociationRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of section�association�records.� See the IMS GLC Course�Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.21�� ResultRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.38 Description�of the ‘resultRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	resultRecord
Data type	ResultRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A result�record.� See the IMS GLC Outcomes Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.22�� ResultRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.39 Description�of the ‘resultRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	resultRecordSet
Data type	ResultRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of result�records.� See the IMS GLC Outcomes Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.23�� ResultValueRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.40 Description�of the ‘resultValueRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	resultValueRecord
Data type	ResultValueRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A resultValue�record.� See the IMS GLC Outcomes Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.24�� ResultValueRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.41 Description�of the ‘resultValueRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	resultValueRecordSet
Data type	ResultValueRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of resultValue�records.� See the IMS GLC Outcomes Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.25�� LineItemRecord�Attribute Description

Table 5.42 Description�of the ‘lineItemRecord’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	lineItemRecord
Data type	LineItemRecord
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A lineItem�record.� See the IMS GLC Outcomes Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.26�� LineItemRecordSet�Attribute Description

Table 5.43 Description�of the ‘lineItemRecordSet’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	lineItemRecordSet
Data type	LineItemRecordSet
Value space	container
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A set of lineItem�records.� See the IMS GLC Outcomes Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.27�� LineItemType Attribute Description

Table 5.44 Description�of the ‘lineItemType’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	lineItemType
Data type	LineItemType
Value space	Enumerated list.
Multiplicity	XOR conditional
Description	A lineItemType.� See the IMS GLC Outcomes Management Service�Information Model v1.0 specification for more details on the related object structure.

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5.6.28�� MembershipIdType Attribute Description

Table 5.45 Description�of the ‘membershipIdType’ attribute for the ParameterValue�class.

Descriptor	Definition
Attribute name	membershipIdType
Data type	MembershipIdType
Value space	Enumerated list.

1.1����������� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Overview

2����������������� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Description

2.2����������� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Architecture & Specification Model

3.2����������� BulkDataExchangeManager�Interface Description

3.3����������� Service Choreography

4.1����������� BulkBlockManifest�Class Description

4.1.3���������� BulkBlockDataFile�Attribute Description

4.1.4���������� BulkBlockDataFile�Class Description

4.1.5���������� Url�Attribute Description

4.1.9���������� ServiceSet�Attribute Description

4.1.10������ ServiceSet�Class Description

4.1.11������ ServiceRecord�Class Description

4.1.12������ OperationSet�Class Description

4.2����������� BulkBlockReport�Class Description

4.2.1���������� TransactionReport�Class Description

4.4����������� FilterObject�Class Description

4.6����������� StatusInfo�Class Description

5.2����������� BulkDataRecord�Class Description

5.2.1���������� TransactionRecord�Attribute Description

5.3����������� TransactionRecord�Class Description

5.3.5���������� ParameterSet�Attribute Description

5.4����������� ParameterSet�Class Description

5.4.1���������� ParameterRecord�Attribute Description

5.5����������� ParameterRecord�Class Description

5.5.4���������� ParameterValue�Attribute Description

5.6����������� ParameterValue�Class Description

5.6.5���������� Text�Attribute Description

5.6.7���������� PersonRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.9���������� PersonRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.10������ GroupRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.11������ GroupRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.12������ MembershipRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.13������ MembershipRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.14������ CourseTemplateRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.15������ CourseTemplateRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.16������ CourseOfferingRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.17������ CourseSectionRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.18������ CourseSectionRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.19������ SectionAssociationRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.20������ SectionAssociationRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.21������ ResultRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.22������ ResultRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.23������ ResultValueRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.24������ ResultValueRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.25������ LineItemRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.26������ LineItemRecordSet�Attribute Description

1.1�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Overview

2�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Description

2.2�� Bulk Data Exchange Management Service�Architecture & Specification Model

3.2�� BulkDataExchangeManager�Interface Description

3.3�� Service Choreography

4.1�� BulkBlockManifest�Class Description

4.1.3�� BulkBlockDataFile�Attribute Description

4.1.4�� BulkBlockDataFile�Class Description

4.1.5�� Url�Attribute Description

4.1.9�� ServiceSet�Attribute Description

4.1.10�� ServiceSet�Class Description

4.1.11�� ServiceRecord�Class Description

4.1.12�� OperationSet�Class Description

4.2�� BulkBlockReport�Class Description

4.2.1�� TransactionReport�Class Description

4.4�� FilterObject�Class Description

4.6�� StatusInfo�Class Description

5.2�� BulkDataRecord�Class Description

5.2.1�� TransactionRecord�Attribute Description

5.3�� TransactionRecord�Class Description

5.3.5�� ParameterSet�Attribute Description

5.4�� ParameterSet�Class Description

5.4.1�� ParameterRecord�Attribute Description

5.5�� ParameterRecord�Class Description

5.5.4�� ParameterValue�Attribute Description

5.6�� ParameterValue�Class Description

5.6.5�� Text�Attribute Description

5.6.7�� PersonRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.9�� PersonRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.10�� GroupRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.11�� GroupRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.12�� MembershipRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.13�� MembershipRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.14�� CourseTemplateRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.15�� CourseTemplateRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.16�� CourseOfferingRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.17�� CourseSectionRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.18�� CourseSectionRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.19�� SectionAssociationRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.20�� SectionAssociationRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.21�� ResultRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.22�� ResultRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.23�� ResultValueRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.24�� ResultValueRecordSet�Attribute Description

5.6.25�� LineItemRecord�Attribute Description

5.6.26�� LineItemRecordSet�Attribute Description