Reference applications include the Discover Electronics reference application, the JSP reference application (installed with Workbench), and the Media MDEX application.

Once deployed, the Discover Electronics reference application has an authoring instance and a live instance of the application.

The authoring instance is a development environment for a content administrator to develop, test, and preview content changes for a site. A content administrator can immediately see changes reflected in the authoring application. When the content administrator is satisfied with the authoring application, he or she can promote the configuration and content from the authoring application to the live application that is available to front-end application users.