6 Additional Development References

The following references provide additional information for use in Oracle WebCenter Ensemble development. All documentation can be found on the Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/index.html.

CSP

CSP is a platform-independent protocol based on the open standard of HTTP 1.1. The syntax of communication between the portal and remote servers is defined by CSP. CSP defines custom headers and outlines how Oracle WebCenter Interaction and Oracle WebCenter Ensemble services use HTTP to communicate and modify settings. The Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) provides simplified, stable interfaces that allow you to write code that communicates using CSP. The current version of CSP is 1.4.

Oracle WebCenter Application Accelerator for Microsoft .NET

The Oracle WebCenter Application Accelerator for Microsoft .NET is a collection of libraries and Visual Studio 2005 integration features that supporteasy authoring of ASP.NET 2.0 and WSRP portlets. The Oracle WebCenter Application Accelerator for Microsoft .NET includes the Oracle WebCenter PortletToolkit for .NET. Portlets can be authored for both Oracle WebCenter Interaction and Oracle WebLogic Portal. Development guides are available for both environments.

Oracle WebCenter Analytics APIs

Oracle WebCenter Analytics delivers comprehensive reporting onactivity and content usage within portals and composite applications, allowing you to know and meet user information needs. The OpenUsage and Query APIs provide access the Oracle WebCenter Analytics functionality from customapplications.

• The OpenUsage API allows you to to raise Oracle WebCenter Analytics events from custom portlets and applications and store them in the database.

• The Query API allows you to query data in the Oracle WebCenter Analytics database.

Oracle WebCenter JSR-168 Container

The Oracle WebCenter JSR-168 Container is an implementation of the JSR-168 JCP standard for portlet authoring.