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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+Architecture
+==============
+
+
+Capabilities
+---------
+Bus Controller is a RESTful web service used to provision DMaaP topics (on Message Router) and feeds (on Data Router), with associated authorization (on AAF).
+
+Usage Scenarios
+---------------
+Bus Controller endpoints are used to provision:
+- a authorized topic on MR, and to create and grant permission for publishers and subscribers.
+- a feed on DR, with associated user authenticatio n.
+
+.. blockdiag::
+
+   blockdiag layers {
+   orientation = portrait
+   DBC_CLIENT -> DBC_API;
+   DBC_API -> MR;
+   DBC_API -> DR;
+   DBC_API -> AAF;
+   group l1 {
+        color = blue;
+        label = "Bus Controller Container";
+        DBC_API;
+        }
+   group l2 {
+        color = yellow;
+        label = "MR";
+        MR;
+        }
+   group l3 {
+        color = orange;
+        label = "DR";
+        DR;
+        }
+    group l4 {
+        color = green;
+        label = "AAF";
+        AAF;
+        }
+    }
+ 
+