Systems Management: Software License Use Management (XSLM)
Copyright © 1999 The Open Group

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Technical Standard:
Systems Management: Software License Use Management (XSLM)
Document Number: C806
ISBN: 1-85912-270-1

• Frontmatter
  • Preface
    • The Open Group
    • Development of Product Standards
    • Open Group Publications
    • Versions and Issues of Specifications
    • Corrigenda
    • Ordering Information
    • This Document
    • Document Structure
    • Typographical Conventions
  • Trademarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Referenced Documents
• Introduction
  • Business Requirements
  • Implementation
  • Scope
  • XSLM Specification Overview
  • Main Specification Components
    • A Common License Certificate Format
    • The Application API
    • The Management API
    • The Recording and Logging Services
  • A Logical View of the Specification
  • Coexistence and Integration with Technical License Managers
    • Providing XSLM Compliance
    • Special Notes for LSAPI-Enabled Licensing Systems
    • Providing Non-XSLM Defined Functionality
    • Footnotes
• Licensing Workflow and License Types
  • The Licensing Process
    • Application Software Publisher's View
    • Customer's View
    • Licensing System Publisher's View
  • License Types
    • BASIC
    • CAPACITY
    • CONCURRENT
    • CONSUMPTIVE
    • CUMULATIVE
    • NAMED
• Processing Flow and Linkages
  • Application Broker
    • Application Agent
    • Application-to-Licensing System Communications
  • Management Agent
    • Communication Protocol
    • Management Client-to-Licensing System Communication
    • Footnotes
• Authentication and Data Integrity
  • Scope
  • Security Mechanisms Deployed
  • License Certificate Integrity
  • License Certificate Authenticity
  • Licensing System Authentication
  • Process Description
• Data Types and Data Elements
  • Data Types
    • Bit and Byte Numbering and Order
    • Fixed-Point Binary Numbers
    • Floating-Point Numbers
    • Character Strings
    • Byte Strings
    • Date/Time and Time-Interval Values
      • Representation of a Point in Time
      • Representation of a Time Interval
    • Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs)
  • Data Elements
    • Simple Data Elements
    • Compound Data Elements
    • API Data Types
    • Footnotes
• License Certificate Format
  • Overall Certificate Structure
    • Required and Optional License Certificate Sections
  • License Certificate State Data
  • Base and Optional Data Element Sets
• Application Program API
  • Application API - Common Functions
  • Application API - The Basic Set
  • Application API - The Advanced Set
  • xslm_adv_begin_session
  • xslm_adv_confirm
  • xslm_adv_end_session
  • xslm_adv_log
  • xslm_adv_query
  • xslm_adv_record
  • xslm_adv_release_license
  • xslm_adv_request_license
  • xslm_basic_confirm
  • xslm_basic_release_license
  • xslm_basic_request_license
  • xslm_query_api_level
• Management API
  • Server-Related Functions
  • Certificate-Related Functions
  • License Instance-Related Functions
  • Log-Related Functions
  • xslm_get_certificate
  • xslm_get_log_data
  • xslm_get_license_instances
  • xslm_install_certificate
  • xslm_query_cert_ids
  • xslm_query_next_level_cert_names
  • xslm_query_server_info
  • xslm_query_servers
  • xslm_release_license_instance
  • xslm_remove_certificate
  • xslm_set_admin_policy
• Recording and Logging
  • Certificate Related Data
    • Licensing System Generated Data
    • Administrator-Defined Data
  • Historic Data
    • Logged Events of Class ADMINISTRATION
    • Logged Events of Class APPLICATION
    • Logged Events of Class LICENSING_SYSTEM
• Data Elements
  • Certificate Data Elements
  • State Information
  • Logged Data Elements
  • Detailed Data Element Descriptions
  • Defined Symbols and their Assigned Values
• License Types
  • License Types and Terms and Conditions
    • BASIC
    • BUNDLE
    • CAPACITY
    • CHECKOUT
    • COMPLEX-WIDE
    • COMPONENT
    • CONCURRENT
    • CONSUMPTIVE
    • CUMULATIVE
    • DEMO
    • DEPLOYMENT
    • DISASTER RECOVERY
    • DISCONNECTED
    • ENTERPRISE
    • FEATURES
    • FLOATING
    • GROUP-BASED subsets
    • LAPTOP
    • LPAR
    • MEASURED USE
    • MIPS
    • NAMED
    • NODE
    • PARTITIONING
    • POTENTIAL USE
    • PROCESSOR
    • REGISTERED USE
    • RESOURCE
    • RUN-TIME
    • SERIAL NUMBER
    • SITE
    • SUITE
    • SUPPLY BEFORE BUY
    • TARGET ID
    • TIME
    • TIME DELIMITED
    • TIME-SHIFTED
    • TRY AND BUY
    • UNRESTRICTED
    • USE-ONCE
    • USER-SPECIFIED
    • YEAR 2000
  • Terms and Conditions by License Type
• Implementation Guidelines
  • Named License
  • Concurrent License
  • Consumptive License
  • Demo License
  • Summary
• Function Sets and Functional Towers
  • Currently Defined Functional Towers
  • Base Function Set
  • Advanced Function Towers
  • Function-Related Management API Functions
  • Legacy Functional Level (Level 0)
• Futures
  • Network Computing and Component Licensing
  • Mobile Computing
  • Server-to-Server Interaction
• Java Bindings for Application Program API
• Glossary
  • administrator
  • application agent
  • customer
  • end-user
  • grace period
  • hard stop license policy
  • license agreement
  • license certificate
  • license certificate issuer
  • license policy
  • license type
  • license use management
  • licensee
  • licensing system
  • licensing system publisher
  • platform
  • policy
  • soft stop license policy
  • software publisher
  • technical license manager
• INDEX

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