Network router configured for executing network operations based on parsing XML tags in a received XML document

A method in a network router of forwarding a received message, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the network router, the received message from a source node via an open protocol network;
• parsing, by the network router, XML tags from a portion of the received message, the XML tags specifying prescribed attributes including application-specific attributes;
• initiating, by the network router, selected application operations for routing the received message based on interpreting the prescribed attributes from the XML tags based on the network router establishing context for interpreting the XML tags during runtime execution of an application resource;
• and
• selectively outputting the received message by the network router to a destination node based on the selected application operations.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions for forwarding a received message by a network router, the sequences of instructions including instructions for performing the steps of:

• receiving, by the network router, the received message from a source node via an open protocol network;
• parsing, by the network router, XML tags from a portion of the received message, the XML tags specifying prescribed attributes including application-specific attributes;
• initiating, by the network router, selected application operations for routing the received message based on interpreting the prescribed attributes from the XML tags based on the network router establishing context for interpreting the XML tags during runtime execution of an application resource;
• and
• selectively outputting the received message by the network router to a destination node based on the selected application operations.

A network router configured for forwarding a received message, the network router comprising:

• means for receiving the received message from a source node via an open protocol network;
• means for parsing XML tags from a portion of the received message, the XML tags specifying prescribed attributes including application-specific attributes;
• means for initiating selected application operations for routing the received message based on interpreting the prescribed attributes from the XML tags based on establishing context for interpreting the XML tags during runtime execution of an application resource;
• and
• means for selectively outputting the received message to a destination node based on the selected application operations.