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  • 1.  General Management of API's

    Posted Sep 17, 2021 07:07
    If I was to adopt and implement an API,  how do the incremental changes get adopted?  
    Does the party requesting the change have to submit for review and wait for adoption?
    I'm concerned that if trying to get change to a core API take time, consumers will just branch the code for their local implementation 
    regard

    Marty

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    marty oliver
    BT Group plc
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  • 2.  RE: General Management of API's

    Posted Sep 18, 2021 14:23
    Hi Marty
    Welcome to the club.
    Indeed, it does take time for change requests to be implemented in the TMF Open API, and there is no guarantee that every change request will actually be implemented.
    I don't think there's any magic here - you need to decide that your implementation will be based on (say) v4.0 of a specific API, and then decide if and how to extend to meet your local requirements.

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    Jonathan Goldberg
    Amdocs Management Limited
    Any opinions and statements made by me on this forum are purely personal, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the TM Forum or my employer.
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  • 3.  RE: General Management of API's

    Posted Sep 20, 2021 06:05
    Thanks Jonanthan,  Yes, i can see not other way either.
    Unfortunate, be cause staying true to the version, means we have an agreed contract with either clients or suppliers.

    I suppose what we'd need to do, is try as best to use the KeyValue pairs for dot releases 4.1, 4.2 etc, and then fold those into the next major release. e.g. 4.0, 5.0
    so only the major releases would fully align to the TMF spec.

    Thanks again

    Marty

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    marty oliver
    BT Group plc
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