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Technical
The foundation of all Wave2 software solutions is
the Wave2 Publishing Platform (W2PP). This is an open standard, modular
architecture that incorporates a powerful rules engine.
The Wave2 publishing platform is built upon the latest industry standard
technologies. Fully J2EE compliant, it utilises a J2EE Application Server
to support it's configurable rules engine. This innovative platform
provides a fully open environment for the modular components of the
Wave2 software solutions.
All content is normalised in XML form and processed internally using
XML standards and transformations.
The Zeus Profile Manager provides a highly configurable reader profiling
tool. It automatically interrogates the Rules Engine to build a suitable
query for content search, according to the reader interests and the
business rules.
A powerful XML index engine provides a fast and accurate method of searching
content to extract the most relevant and appropriate content, according
to the business rules. Conforming to the XMLDB standards, it is capable
of searching vast content indexes in seconds. Where the solution interfaces
with an external digital asset management or content system, this XML
index effectively searches the external database.
The Wave2 Rules Engine is a powerful Object-Oriented Rule Engine providing
natural expression of business rules. It is used to define the selection
of content, templates and styles, when creating a document. This may
be controlled according to the reader profile supplied by the Profile
Manager. Rules may be modified or created by system administrators.
The output for print or electronic delivery is created by the Formatting
Engine. This is a "plug in" component and there is a Formatting Engine
for each media channel supported. Currently Wave2 supports PDF, HTML
and InDesign output for print and electronic distribution. Future releases
will include SGML, WML and other media formats. The standard installation
makes use of Adobe's InDesign layout software for automated document
creation and PDF generation.
User interfaces are browser-based to reduce systems administration and
to provide platform independence. The Wave2 application software is
written in Java and is intended to run under Windows Server or Unix
environments.
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