About Technology Packs and Cartridges

A cartridge is an application component delivered with product, technology pack, or solution. Cartridges are typically packaged in a JAR format. Technology packs are packages of one or more cartridges developed by Oracle.

Base cartridges

Provide basic content required by many other cartridges and technology packs. Delivered in the core UIM package and installed at the following location:

UIM_Home/cartridges/base folder

See UIM Cartridge and Technology Pack Guide for more information.

Sample cartridges

Include sample specifications, extensions, rule sets, and code. You can use them as a reference or as a starting point for your own development. Installed at the following location:

UIM_Home/cartridges/sample folder

Product technology packs

Separately licensed products developed and supported by Oracle Communications to model inventory for specific technology domains, such as Consumer VoIP or MPLS L3 VPNs. Available on the Oracle software delivery Web site.

You can install technology packs without modification into UIM. This is usually the case for base cartridges. If a technology pack has more than one cartridge, these cartridges may have dependencies on each other. In this case, they must be installed in a particular order. See UIM Installation Guide, the UIM online Help, and the guides for individual product technology packs for more information about installation.

You can also extend technology packs and cartridges. See "Extending Technology Packs and Cartridges" for more information.