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This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle WebCenter architecture.
Oracle WebCenter Interaction provides the framework for applications, supports virtual community workspaces, and integrates them all into a cohesive Web work environment.
The portal serves end user portal pages and content, and provides a gateway to backend systems.
The portal enables end users to access portal content via My Pages, community pages, the knowledge directory, and search. The portal also enables some administrative actions, such as setting preferences on portlets or managing communities.
The Document Repository Service stores content uploaded into the portal, such as images or documents uploaded into Oracle WebCenter Collaboration or Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Publisher.
Search provides indexing and query services for content that is in the Oracle WebCenter deployment. Content that is indexed in the Oracle WebCenter system includes documents, portlets, communities, users, and other Oracle WebCenter objects.
The automation service runs jobs that perform tasks such as crawling documents into the knowledge directory, synchronizing groups and users with external authentication sources, and maintaining the search collection.
The image service serves images, javascript, and other static content for use by the Oracle WebCenter system.
Experience definitions allow different audiences to be presented with different branding and features in the portal.
The knowledge directory is a portal area that users can browse to discover documents that have been uploaded by users or imported by content crawlers.
Oracle WebCenter Analytics delivers comprehensive reporting on activity and content usage within portals and composite applications, allowing you to know and meet user information needs.
Oracle WebCenter Collaboration helps people work together via the Web, supporting task management, projects, communities, calendars, discussions, and document sharing with version control.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Publisher allows publication and management of Web content for portals and Web applications, with forms-based publishing, branding, templates, workflow, approvals, and content expiration.
Oracle WebCenter BPM is used to create and manage departmental, enterprise, and inter-enterprise business processes. Oracle WebCenter BPM Workspace Extensions is an extended version of Oracle WebCenter BPM, designed to integrate with the Oracle WebCenter Interaction portal to provide an enhanced set of administrative features and end user experiences.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Studio lets portal managers create portlets, such as telephone lists, work order processes, calendars and surveys, without any coding.
The Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) enables Java and .NET developers to rapidly build, deliver, and improve user-centric composite applications through Oracle WebCenter Interaction. The IDK provides interfaces for Integration Web Services -- authentication, profile, crawler, and search -- that integrate enterprise systems into Oracle WebCenter Interaction. IDK Extensions provide a framework for customized Oracle WebCenter Interaction-based applications. Additional developer tools include Oracle WebCenter Logging Utilities, standardized support for .NET Web Controls, WSRP, and JSR-168.
The Oracle WebCenter Application Accelerator for .NET is a collection of libraries and Visual Studio .NET integration features that support easy authoring of ASP.NET 2.0 portlets. Portlets authored using the Oracle WebCenter Application Accelerator for .NET can be consumed in both Oracle portal environments: Oracle WebCenter Interaction and Oracle WebLogic Portal (WLP).
Integration services provide ways to combine the functionality of commonly deployed enterprise systems into composite applications. Services connect with a range of enterprise systems, including Documentum, IBM/Lotus Notes, Siebel, SAP and most Microsoft applications, including Active Directory, Excel, Exchange, Windows, and Sharepoint.
Oracle WebCenter Content Service for Documentum scans Documentum Docbases for new content, categorizing links to Documentum content in the organized, searchable structure of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Knowledge Directory.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Portlet Suite -Documentum provides Documentum content management capabilities within the context of Oracle WebCenter Interaction. The portlets provide personalized access to docbases, inboxes, documents, workflows, and workareas.
Oracle WebCenter Content Service for Lotus Notes scans Notes databases for new content, categorizing links to Notes content in the organized, searchable structure of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Knowledge Directory. This allows customers to avoid the costs of replicating Notes databases by publishing Notes content in an enterprise-wide knowledge management system.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Portlet Suite - Lotus Notes allows users to access Lotus Notes email, calendar and contacts within Oracle WebCenter Interaction. The Portlet Suite increases productivity by providing enterprise users portal-based access to commonly used functions.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Portlet Suite - IMAP allows users to access email from IMAP-compliant mail servers on their My Page, community pages or through wireless devices like mobile phones or handheld devices.
Oracle WebCenter Interaction Identity Service for LDAP enables you to import and synchronize users and groups with associated profile information into Oracle WebCenter Interaction from an external LDAP source. At the time of login, the user's username and password are passed to the LDAP source for purposes of authentication, replacing native LDAP authentication.
Oracle WebCenter Content Service for Windows Files scans Windows file systems for new content, categorizing links to content in the organized, searchable structure of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Knowledge Directory. Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003 are supported.
Oracle WebCenter Interaction Identity Service for Active Directory enables the authentication and synchronization of users between Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) and Oracle WebCenter Interaction. The Identity Service retrieves user information from AD, allowing for user information to be mapped (and leveraged) within Oracle WebCenter Interaction.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Portlet Framework - Microsoft Excel lets business users create portlets that display information from Excel spreadsheets, tables and charts. Placed in a community or personalized portal page, an Excel portlet can appear as a table, a dropdown menu, or a chart, and can present virtually any kind of information.
Oracle WebCenter Content Service for Microsoft Exchange scans Exchange Servers for new content, categorizing links to Microsoft Exchange content in the organized, searchable structure of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Knowledge Directory.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Portlet Suite - Microsoft Exchange allows users to access their Exchange calendars and email inboxes from personalized portal pages, and search Microsoft Exchange Contacts.
Oracle WebCenter Console for Sharepoint imports, indexes, and returns Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services resources via Oracle WebCenter Interaction Search.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Development Kit (IDK) Extension - PeopleSoft is a flexible and comprehensive integration solution for PeopleSoft. This solution provides customers and partners with a framework and methodology for building custom, Oracle WebCenter Interaction-based applications that interface with PeopleSoft.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Development Kit (IDK) Extension - SAP is a flexible and comprehensive integration solution for SAP. This solution provides customers and partners with a framework and methodology for building custom, Oracle WebCenter Interaction-based applications that interface with SAP.
Oracle-BEA AquaLogic Interaction Development Kit (IDK) Extension - Siebel is a flexible and comprehensive integration solution for Siebel. This solution provides customers and partners with a framework and methodology for building custom, Oracle WebCenter Interaction-based applications that interface with Siebel.
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