String Formats; Open Profile (Xml) Compression And Encryption - Cisco 6800 Series Provisioning Manual

Provisioning Scripts

String Formats

These properties apply to the formatting of the strings:
• Comments are allowed through standard XML syntax.
• Leading and trailing white space is allowed for readability but is removed from the parameter value.
• New lines within a value are converted to spaces.
• An XML header of the form
• To enter special characters, use basic XML character escapes, as shown in the following table.
• Numeric character escapes, using decimal and hexadecimal values (s.a.
• The phone firmware only supports ASCII characters.

Open Profile (XML) Compression and Encryption

The Open configuration profile can be compressed to reduce the network load on the provisioning server.
The profile can also be encrypted to protect confidential information. Compression is not required, but it must
precede encryption.
Related Topics
Configuration Profile Formats, on page 11
<!-- My comment is typed here -->
Special Character
& (ampersand)
< (less than)
> (greater than)
' (apostrophe)
" (double quote)
In the following example, character escapes are entered to represent the greater than and less than symbols
that are required in a dial plan rule. This example defines an information hotline dial plan that sets the
<Dial_Plan_1_> parameter (Admin Login > advanced > Voice > Ext (n)) equal to (S0
<:18005551212>).
<flat-profile>
<Dial_Plan_1_>
(S0 &lt;:18005551212&gt;)
</Dial_Plan_1_>
</flat-profile>

Open Profile (XML) Compression and Encryption

is allowed, but the phone ignores it.
<? ?>
XML Escape Sequence
&amp;
&lt;
&gt;
&apos;
&quot;
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and ), are translated.
&#40; &#x2e;
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