What is the difference between the client and the server implementation of SUSHI?
The SUSHI client application packages a request for a usage statistics report and sends it to a compliant SUSHI server. The SUSHI server parses the incoming request from the client, including the specific report requested and the identity of the customer for whom data is to be retrieved. A server may either have prepackaged customer’s data ready for immediate delivery or it may search its data store contemporaneously with the request and create the response ad hoc. In either case, the server returns the requested report in XML format.