WSRP Technical Committee Use Case Review Sixth face to face meeting May 12 th – 14 th, 2003 SUN, Grenoble, France

WSRP Technical Committee Use cases covered by WSRP v1 WSRP – Web Services for Remote Portals WSRP – Portals Sharing Information WSRP – Content for Portals => seamless integration depends on connection between Portlet and its related website. WSRP – Wireless Stock Trading Service => much of this depends on the details of the portlet/portal implementations. WSIA – Supply Chain Aggregation WSIA – Universal Bank WSIA – ADA Educational Studies

WSRP Technical Committee WSRP – Multimedia Sports Portal Basic scenario Aggregator seeks to integrate disparate content sources into a coherent user interface. Example:  Indy car page has sources for: Driver cam Driver statistics (race, this year and lifetime) Car statistics Course layout  Selecting a driver should: Display that driver ’ s cam (if available) Display that driver ’ s statistics Display statistics for the car Show driver ’ s position on the course layout Needs Consumer coordination of portlets. Needs transparent transient state

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Syndication of Mapping Service (similar for Travelers Cheque Syndication) Basic scenario Mapping service seeks to increase their control over how their maps & related controls are used on client sites such that their UI investment improves user satisfaction with their product. Move from a URL link for a map (control parameters are in the URL) to a web service with control properties that outputs a map with controls for inclusion as a whole. Clients desire to indicate where to add markers to the maps … need to stay even after user interactions with map controls Needs transparent transient state

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Mortgage Calculator Basic scenario Producer offers a mortgage center component Consumer may easily aggregate into their web pages that:  Provides useful functionality to End-Users (e.g. mortgage payments for various parameters) Needs link to Consumer data for optimal function (e.g. credit score)  Provides links to Producer ’ s web site for acquiring product information  Desire for Consumer to easily integrate into their own look and feel Needs transparent transient state

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Beauty Boutique Basic scenario Consumer is an e-Commerce web site that:  Provides access to a specialized provider (cosmetics)  Provider controls branding/experience within space allocated by Consumer  Consumer potentially initializes product or product category for starting user navigation  Consumer ’ s shopping cart is used on provider ’ s content  Provider indicates to the Consumer when current user navigation/interaction is complete  Any combination of Consumer/Provider page should be bookmarkable Needs transparent transient state Needs Consumer resources Needs “ EndUserInteraction ” event

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Product Configurator Basic scenario Producer (manufacturer) offers a configurator for its products Consumers (retailers) wish to incorporate this configurator with:  Control over look & feel (CSS type control)  Ability to replace branding  Supply initial parameters (e.g. product the user just purchased)  Add price & availability as offered by the Consumer to product descriptions – both tabular and detailed descriptions Needs ability of Consumer to identify/replace portions of the markup (?) Needs transparent transient state Needs logical events (product added to product list)

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Smart Buyer Basic scenario Consumer is an e-procurement application that:  Supports single sign-on to independent supplier systems  Controls access to products on a per product / per user basis  Searches for the lowest price/best availability across multiple suppliers on a per product basis  Suggests alternatives to lower total cost of requisition  Replaces shopping cart functionality of suppliers  Provides persistent requisitions independent of fulfilling supplier Needs either: Ability to locate and replace elements (shopping cart) Consumer resources

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Financial Charting Basic scenario Producer currently has stock plotting software that allows clients to control various portions of the UI. Would like to move to a web service infrastructure that:  Provides for client input of parameters that control the generation of the plot  Allows client to customize look and feel of the resulting plot Add UI elements for additional symbols Add controls for date range, scale, etc Needs std method of identifying places where markup can be inserted

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Adaptation of Travelers Cheques Basic scenario Bank resells a traveler cheque through a syndicated application Bank would like to adapt choice of payment methods to add ability to pay using debit from the user ’ s bank account.  Requires collecting additional data => inserted pages into the application ’ s flow Requires the ability to insert additional pages in the flow without impacting the overall Portlet operation.

WSRP Technical Committee Covered Use cases

WSRP Technical Committee WSRP – Content for Portals Basic scenario Content provider seeks to:  Provide aggregatable content for use on portal pages  Support user customized appearance on the portal page  Support navigation while on portal page  Support seamless navigation to related web-site  Support same user customization on related web-site  Support seamless navigation back to the originating portal page

WSRP Technical Committee WSRP – Wireless Stock Trading Service Basic scenario Telecom seeks to intermediate for users  Provide real-time, off-line and alert capabilities  Supports many device types Provider seeks to leverage real-time and off-line capabilities  Multi-modal support important as well

WSRP Technical Committee WSRP – Web Services for Remote Portals Basic scenario Portal deployment would like to:  Integrate content without development effort  Locate available content using std directory services  Configure caching appropriate for the content provider

WSRP Technical Committee WSRP – Portals Sharing Information Basic scenario Portal deployment would like administrative control over the publishing and consumption of local portlets to remote portals. Portlet should be unaware that its content is being sent to a remote portal. Portlets generating multiple content types should be supported. Portlets generating content for multiple locales should be supported. Support for user customization of portlets

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Supply Chain Aggregation Basic scenario Ability to:  Aggregate data from multiple sources  Analyze it in a manner appropriate to the End-User  Generate UI appropriate for the device in use

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – Universal Bank Basic scenario International Banking Conglomerate wishes to offer tools/services from each of its subsidiary banks when appropriate (geography, service needed, user to be serviced, … ). Example:  Purchases new bank (Mountain Bank)  Mountain has a unique tool for risk analysis on tourist hotels  Universal would like all of its loan officers to use this new tool when reviewing financing for such properties

WSRP Technical Committee WSIA – ADA Educational Studies Basic scenario Public Official (Congressman) seeks all information relevant to building an argument for tax support of a project (e.g. school for the deaf).  Public information about the issues in general (ADA, deaf schools, … )  Public information about the relevant district (current support for the deaf)  Potentially private information (e.g. where deaf people live within the district) This conflicts with privacy issues … must be able to resolve them