Open APIs

I am working on a requirement where i need the details of geocode in the site address details. 675 is the strategic interface for location data however calling a different API (675 follows by 673) for just lat-long have possibility to breach NFR benchmark. Is it allowed to add Lat, Long and Accuracy info inside GeographicLocationRefOrValue Tag of 673 GET as long as Provider system is ready to share ?

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Saikat Ghosh
Principal Solution Architect
Tech Mahindra Limited
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Yes absolutely Saikat. This is the purpose of RefOrValue pattern, allows you to pass an entire entity content or partial content by value. Bear in mind that this is just an interface - the implementation still needs to do the hard work and actually do the retrieval, but you are saving one network hop by having all the data returned in one call.

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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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Thank you Jonathan

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Saikat Ghosh
Principal Solution Architect
Tech Mahindra Limited
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Original Message:
Sent: Feb 24, 2023 01:19
From: Jonathan Goldberg
Subject: Can Lat and Long details are allowed to Pass inside GeographicLocationRefOrValue Tag of 673 GET API

Yes absolutely Saikat. This is the purpose of RefOrValue pattern, allows you to pass an entire entity content or partial content by value. Bear in mind that this is just an interface - the implementation still needs to do the hard work and actually do the retrieval, but you are saving one network hop by having all the data returned in one call.

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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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Yes Saikit, It may happen that you may need to extend the API to cater specific requirements. You can extend APIs based on TMF guidelines. I suggest to visit this link  TMF630 REST API Design Guidelines 4.2.0 | TM Forum. 

Best Regards,

Sanket Kulkarni

Amdocs

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Sanket Kulkarni
Amdocs Management Limited
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Yes Saikat. It is absolutely ok to extend TMF API/ pass references which are TMF compliant. I suggest to visit guidelines to understand extension patters and other details: TMF630 REST API Design Guidelines 4.2.0 | TM Forum

Best Regards,

Sanket

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Sanket Kulkarni
Amdocs Management Limited
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