TMF Open APIs Mapper

TMF-inspired educational implementation of OSS normalization mappings from Vendor EMS/NMS → TM Forum Open APIs

TMF620 · TMF622 · TMF641 · TMF637 · TMF638 · TMF639 · TMF642 · TMF628 · TMF656

Enterprise Transformation Pipeline

📡 SNMP / gNMI / Syslog 📋 Canonical OSS Model ⚙️ Mediation / Enrichment 🔄 Normalization 🔌 TMF642/639/638/628 🧠 OSS Assurance / AIOps

Canonical internal models decouple vendor specifics from TMF API exposure

TMF Open API Versioning Note: TM Forum Open APIs evolve across versions (v4, v5, etc.). Vendor implementations and payload structures may differ. This is an educational reference, not an official certification payload.

Event-Driven Architecture: Modern TMF implementations heavily use asynchronous notifications, webhooks, and event buses (Kafka/Pulsar) for real-time OSS-BSS integration.

The SID Information Model

While TM Forum Open APIs define the communication pipes (JSON contracts), the SID (Shared Information/Data Model) acts as the unified telecom dictionary. It ensures that fields coming from fragmented vendor systems (EMS/NMS) map to identical business semantics and entities.

The Core PSR Framework
Product Layer

What is Commercialized

The commercial offering, billing attributes, and customer intent.

Service Layer

What is Instantiated

The technical logic, topology specs, and user-facing features.

Resource Layer

Where it Executes

Physical infrastructure, hardware elements, and cloud endpoints.

End-to-End Mapping Trace Example:
5G Enterprise Gold Plan → URLLC Network Slice Instance → gNodeB Cell ID #402 / UPF Endpoint

TMF API Architecture Flow

Fulfillment: TMF620 Catalog → TMF622 Product Order → TMF641 Service Order → TMF652 Resource Order → TMF638/639 Inventory
Assurance: TMF642 Alarm → TMF656 Service Problem → TMF637 Trouble Ticket

Commercial Order (Product) Decomposes to Technical Provisioning (Service & Resource) $\rightarrow$ Logged into Inventory $\rightarrow$ Monitored via Assurance (Alarms track Faults, Problems assess Impact, Tickets drive Resolution).

TMF620
Product Catalog
TMF622
Product Ordering
TMF641
Service Ordering
TMF637
Trouble Ticket Mgt
TMF638
Service Inventory Mgt
TMF639
Resource Inventory Mgt
TMF642
Alarm Management
TMF628
Performance Mgt
TMF656
Service Problem Mgt

Custom Extensions (Non-TMF Standard)

AIOps*
AI Extensions

Note: AIOps extension fields shown here are custom implementation examples and are not currently standardized TM Forum Open APIs.

TMF API Field SID Entity Category Source Example Normalized Output Mediation Rule

TMF-inspired educational implementation • Not an official TM Forum certification payload • TM Forum Open APIs evolve across versions (v4, v5, etc.).
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