Talk:Northbound interface

Confusing

This definition is incomprehensible. Is there a better one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpiterow (talk • contribs) 18:50, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Origins?

What is the origin of this term? Where did it originally appear and in what references is it usually found? I know it appears in ITU docs for example, but it usually seems that the authors assume the term is already well known to all potential readers, and efforts to define it, e.g. with examples, it are not easily found by search. Some external links would be useful. DKEdwards 21:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Grammatically Incorrect / Confusing

Am I the only one that hates this terminology? It would make more sense if it were simply ‘North’ or ‘South’ interfaces. By calling them Northbound or Southbound, that implies direction. So, a transaction traveling across the Northbound interface is traveling up or down? To be grammatically correct, it would depend on where the transaction originated. Unfortunately, that is not how the term is used. In a diagram, there’s usually no confusion because the message flow will be drawn with an arrow. But, reading it in a sentence makes it open to misinterpretation. 218.104.123.172 (talk) 03:10, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Different meanings?

The "Typical use" section seems to be talking about actual communication systems, while the definition talks about architecture diagrams, i.e. documentation. I know little about either, but it seems to me that the term has two disctinct meanings. FrankGevaerts (talk) 09:04, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]