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'''Application-oriented networking (AON)''' involves network devices designed to aid in computer-to-computer application integration. '''Application-oriented networks''' are sometimes called "intelligent networks" or "content-based routing networks" and they are generally network technology that can use the content of a [[network packet]] or message to take some sort of action.
'''Application-oriented networking (AON)''' involves network devices designed to aid in computer-to-computer application integration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is an application network? |url=https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/enwiki/api/what-is-an-application-network |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=MuleSoft |language=en}}</ref> '''Application-oriented networks''' are sometimes called "intelligent networks" or "content-based routing networks" and they are generally network technology that can use the content of a [[network packet]] or message to take some sort of action.


Application-oriented networking was popularized by [[Cisco Systems]] in response to increasing use of [[XML]] messaging (combined with related standards such as [[XSLT]], [[XPath]] and [[XQuery]]) to link miscellaneous applications, data sources and other computing assets. Most Application-Orientated Networks manipulate structured data based in a [[human-readable]] format like [[XML]].
Application-oriented networking was popularized by [[Cisco Systems]] in response to increasing use of [[XML]] messaging (combined with related standards such as [[XSLT]], [[XPath]] and [[XQuery]]) to link miscellaneous applications, data sources and other computing assets. Most Application-Orientated Networks manipulate structured data based in a [[human-readable]] format like [[XML]].

Revision as of 16:59, 24 November 2023

Application-oriented networking (AON) involves network devices designed to aid in computer-to-computer application integration.[1] Application-oriented networks are sometimes called "intelligent networks" or "content-based routing networks" and they are generally network technology that can use the content of a network packet or message to take some sort of action.

Application-oriented networking was popularized by Cisco Systems in response to increasing use of XML messaging (combined with related standards such as XSLT, XPath and XQuery) to link miscellaneous applications, data sources and other computing assets. Most Application-Orientated Networks manipulate structured data based in a human-readable format like XML.

Many of the operations required to mediate between applications, or to monitor their transactions, can be built into network devices that are optimized for the purpose.

The rules and policies for performing these operations, also expressed in XML, are specified separately and downloaded as required. Cisco has adopted the AON acronym as the name of a family of products that function in this way.

Routing decisions

During the rise of the internet many routing decisions were made at layer 4 i.e. based on the TCP/IP address and/or the port number. Application-oriented networks work at layer 7 of the OSI stack and because they can examine the content of the message they can make routing decisions based on many different criteria including such things as the value of the purchase order or the ship date.

See also

  1. ^ "What is an application network?". MuleSoft. Retrieved 2023-11-24.