Oracle WebCenter Interaction is a powerful framework that combines portal, content management, collaboration, integration and search technologies, and provides key application services that allow you to build integrated solutions across diverse platforms and systems.

Every Oracle WebCenter Interaction component is designed to provide a personalized experience for each organization and for specific groups and users. Using the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK), you can create powerful applications to meet the specific needs of your organization.

• About the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Environment: If you are developing services for Oracle WebCenter Interaction, you will need to understand the system and prepare your IDE for use with the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK).
• About Pagelets and Portlets: Pagelets and portlets are web applications that produce a self-contained, reusable user interface widget. Pagelets/portlets can be used for everything from displaying useful information to building integrated applications that combine functionality from multiple systems.
• About Content Service Development: Content services allow you to search external repositories through the portal and index external content in the portal Directory. These services allow users to access documents and other resources from multiple repositories without leaving the portal workspace.
• About Identity Services : Identity Services allow you to integrate established repositories of user information into your portal.
• About Profile Services: Profile services are used to import information about existing portal users from external systems. This information is mapped to portal properties and made available to other services.
• About Oracle WebCenter Interaction REST APIs: Oracle WebCenter Interaction REST APIs allow remote web services to post documents to the portal Directory, update Community membership, and post stories to portal user’s activity stream through simple HTTP requests.