Rajat Shroff Development Manager OracleAS Portal Oracle Corporation Jerry Silver Product Manager OracleAS Portal Oracle Corporation

Manage, Integrate, And Publish Your Enterprise Content Into Your Portal Oracle Application Server Portal

Agenda Making Business Content More Accessible Manage in Portal, Publish in Portal Manage Anywhere, Publish in Portal Future Direction Summary

Proprietary Difficult to Use Expensive Hard to Find Complex Publishing Inconsistent Business Content InformEducateGuide ReuseControl

The Portal Solution Built-In Content Management Create, maintain, publish, and search common business content without having to leave the portal for an external application Content Integration Use the Portal to make any content more accessible – Internal and external Web sites – Business content from enterprise applications – Content authored and managed in legacy and best-of-breed content management systems

Portal CM Requirements Built-in, self-service content management application for creating and managing content directly in the portal Deploy and/or publish content managed externally to the portal Consistent user experience for selecting, filtering, and presenting content, regardless of source Inter-portlet communication to improve the relevancy of published content

OracleAS Portal Complete set of content management features built-in Single application reduces cost of integration and management Build more attractive and interactive portals Enable Web site consolidation Leverage Portal framework to improve relevance and accessibility of content Manage In Portal, Publish in Portal

Unconstrained Presentation Critical for branding external facing sites Critical for branding external facing sites Used by 100 ’ s of public sites Used by 100 ’ s of public sites public sites public sites

Manage in Portal:Features Extensible, browser-based authoring Desktop authoring via WebDAV Multi-step approval routing Version Control Check In/Check Out Publish/Expiry Dates Page and Item Subscriptions Expiry Notifications Translations Metadata Management Browser based page-design wizards Reusable page components Flexible layout Automatic navigation Page templates Style wizards Author and Collaborate Design and Build Pages Administration Granular access control Extensible repository Staging and archiving

Advanced Categorization & Search Features Extensible Metadata – Attributes – Categories – Perspectives Integration with Oracle TEXT Enables advanced search and query- based publishing

Desktop Integration Use desktop tools to author content Use desktop tools to save content within portal Compatible with any WebDAV client: – Windows Explorer, MS Office, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, many others

Enhanced Desktop Integration Integration with OracleAS Portal partner Xythos Web File Client Map Portal WebDAV folder to Windows drive Access from non-DAV clients (notepad, command prompt, etc.) Access to “Set Properties”, “Set Access Control”, “Approve”, “View Versions” from the desktop Offline content authoring New

About Xythos Software Leading developer of Internet file management software for simple content management and collaboration Xythos WebFile Server and WebFile Client products are licensed to over 325,000 users Technology is also integrated with Blackboard, SAS, and Stellent content management products Xythos WebFile Client WebDAV enables any Windows desktop application and supports all WebDAV compatible servers

D E M O N S T R A T I O N Portal Integration with Xythos Web File Client

Publish and aggregate content from any source Manage consistent presentation regardless of origin OracleAS Portal Manage Anywhere, Publish in Portal

When does content need to be integrated? – Already managing in an independent CMS – Specialized needs: imaging, catalogs, regulatory compliance, etc. – Repurposing content for multiple applications Two approaches: – Managed Deployment – Query Based Publishing OracleAS Portal Manage Anywhere, Publish in Portal

Managed Deployment Copy content from external sources to Portal Repository – OracleAS Syndication Services: Automated push/pull – WebDAV: Direct copy from file system – APIs: Programmatic loading of content and metadata

Syndicate Content To/From Portal OracleAS Syndication Services External Content Sources Syndicate content to Portal Portal Administrators Subscribe to syndicated content Portal Page Designers Publish Portal content as offers Other Portal Instances Subscribe to syndicated content Subscriber Applications New

D E M O N S T R A T I O N Managed Deployment in Oracle Portal

Dynamic, real-time publishing from Portal or external system – Custom Search Portlet: Declarative publishing of Portal content – OmniPortlet: Extensible, standards-based framework for declarative publishing – Custom Portlets: Standards- based development framework Query Based Publishing

Custom Search Portlet Dynamic presentation of content from Portal repository Enables separation of management and publishing

OmniPortlet Portal Content Integration Framework 3 rd party CM System Search Systems Searchlet OmniPortlet Query Builder Customizations Packaging Extensible Layouts Federated Search Caching Publish Content Consistent user experience regardless of source Inter-portlet communication

Searchlet SPI Query Based Publishing & Federated Search through Portal Uses J2EE standards: J2CA, JAAS, JNDI, WebServices, & JAX-RPC Available for developers to build integration with CM systems Out-of-the-box Searchlets available include Google, WebDAV, UltraSearch Coming Soon – Searchlets for Oracle , Calendar, Files, CMSDK New

Searchlet SPI Interfaces supported include – Query – Catalog browsing – Attribute discovery You can get more information on building Searchlets from portalcenter.oracle.com/publishing portalcenter.oracle.com/publishing

Access to 3 rd Party CM Systems Searchlet for OracleAS Portal partner FAST (FAST Data Search) Provides customizable Real-Time & Secure access for searching & navigating content management systems – Access to Documentum, Lotus Notes, Exchange, Vignette, Web Servers, File Servers, and application content New

FAST Corporate Overview Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) –The fastest growing Search Technology company –Ranked as Visionary Leader by Gartner Group –FAST Data Search 3.2 is used by the most demanding customers world wide, including: “FAST is the only vendor taking search to it’s logical conclusion: Live interaction with data supporting informed decisions” - Jupiter Research

D E M O N S T R A T I O N Access to 3 rd party Content Management Systems

Next Steps & Future Direction Supplied Searchlets – Google, UltraSearch available in September PDK – WebDAV – coming soon – IMAP, OCS, DASL – planned – 3rd Party CMS integration searchlet – available from FAST – Other partners – in progress Xythos Web File Client – Enhanced desktop integration – Available in October (currently available for Early Adopters)

Next Steps & Future Direction XQuery integration in OmniPortlet – Query language for XML Support for JSR 170 – Proposed Java API for content repositories Native XML Support – Publish, store content in XML format – Enable integration with search engines for secure content access

Summary Complete set of content management features built-in Single application reduces cost of integration and management Build more attractive and interactive portals Enable Web site consolidation Leverage Portal framework to improve relevance and accessibility of content Publish and aggregate content from any source Manage consistent presentation regardless of origin Manage in Portal, Publish in Portal Manage Anywhere, Publish in Portal

Portal Kiosks in Oracle Demogrounds – Booth 1326, Oracle Application Server Xythos, FAST Kiosks in Oracle Application Server Partner Pavilion – Booth 710 Want to see more? Portal Content Management & Integration

For more information… portalcenter.oracle.com – Information on all aspects of OracleAS Portal portalcenter.oracle.com/portaltools – OmniPortlet and Web Clipping portalcenter.oracle.com/publishing – Content management, integration, and publishing portalcatalog.oracle.com – Partner and portlet information …and please fill out the evaluation

Oracle World Sessions - ENTERPRISE PORTALS Session & Activity Guide Design an Attractive and Compelling Portal Interface Monday, 4:00 PM Moscone 133 An Overview of Enterprise Portals: Today and Tomorrow Tuesday, 11:00 AM Moscone 134 Manage, Integrate, and Publish Enterprise Content into Your Portal Tuesday, 8:30 AM Moscone 133 Develop Java Portlets for Your Portal Tuesday, 5:00 PM Moscone 252 Get Your Community to Collaborate on the Same Portal Page Wednesday, 8:30 AM Moscone 252 Integrate your Enterprise Business Applications Into Your Portal Wednesday, 11:00 AM Moscone 252 Tips and Techniques for Deploying a Scalable Portal Wednesday, 1:00 PM Moscone 302 Administer and Monitor Your Portal with Oracle Enterprise Manager Wednesday, 4:30 PM Moscone 302

Session & Activity Guide Oracle World Activities - ENTERPRISE PORTALS Hands On Labs Monday, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Tuesday, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM Wednesday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Thursday, 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM Marriott Hotel - Golden Gate B2 Oracle DEMOgrounds Monday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Tuesday, 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM Tuesday, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Wednesday, 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM Thursday, 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM Show floor: Booth 1326 Oracle AS Meet the Portal Guru – Marco Tilli Tuesday, 3:30 PM Guru Lounge Portal Partners Oracle Application Server Partner Pavilion Booth 710

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