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Summary
Summary
Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals discusses the technology behind portals and grid networks, gives information to the history behind grid technology evolution, and supplies the reader with the knowledge to make qualified managerial decisions. This book looks at next-generation computing platforms and global cyber-infrastructure for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering, and business. ""Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals"" includes a diverse range of topics, such as deployment considerations, facilities and tools for creating and managing grid and portal applications, including tools for visually linking corporate databases into grid or portal applications. This book also provides an overview of other web technologies, such as EJB and servlets, while comparing them to portals and grids and suggesting how to approach various analysis and design challenges.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Section I The Toolset | |
| Chapter I Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Idea of a Portal | p. 1 |
| Technology Aware Managers | p. 3 |
| Service-Oriented Architecture | p. 4 |
| Chapter II The Foundations of XML and WSDL | p. 7 |
| What is XML? | p. 8 |
| XML Document Processing and Development | p. 10 |
| XML Authoring and Java Parsers | p. 15 |
| Web Services Description Language: WSDL | p. 22 |
| Document Object Model | p. 28 |
| Chapter III Protocols | p. 32 |
| UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) | p. 32 |
| Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) | p. 48 |
| What is URI, URL, URN? | p. 52 |
| Section II Web Services as Shared Resources | |
| Chapter IV Web Services | p. 55 |
| Multi-Tier Component-Based Architecture | p. 56 |
| Web Service Architecture | p. 58 |
| Web Services with JAXB | p. 59 |
| Web Services with JAX-RPC | p. 63 |
| Web Service Discovery and Invocation | p. 72 |
| XML Documents as Part of Web Services | p. 76 |
| XML-Based Web Service Endpoint Considerations | p. 79 |
| Chapter V Servlets | p. 82 |
| The Servlet Application Architecture | p. 83 |
| Chapter VI Java Server Pages (JSP) | p. 94 |
| JSP Development Notes | p. 96 |
| Integrating Servlets and JSP | p. 98 |
| Web Module Deployment | p. 100 |
| Chapter VII Web Service Design Issues | p. 104 |
| Service Endpoint Design | p. 105 |
| Web Service Client Design | p. 110 |
| Available Web Application Frameworks | p. 115 |
| Section III Putting Portals on the Web | |
| Chapter VIII Portals | p. 119 |
| Historical Background | p. 121 |
| What Do Portal Services Deliver | p. 127 |
| Chapter IX Portal Development Framework | p. 134 |
| MVC Model and Portlets | p. 136 |
| Overview of Portal Concepts | p. 138 |
| Portlet Lifecycle | p. 145 |
| Environment for Portals | p. 162 |
| Portal Deployment | p. 164 |
| Performance and Implementation | p. 167 |
| Chapter X Accessing Remote Locations | p. 173 |
| Cooperative Portlets | p. 177 |
| Page-to-Page Communication Scenarios | p. 182 |
| Chapter XI Portlet Authentication and SSO | p. 186 |
| Authentication Process | p. 186 |
| Single Sign On (SSO) | p. 190 |
| Chapter XII Struts Framework | p. 192 |
| Struts in Web Service Endpoint | p. 192 |
| Struts in Portal Development | p. 195 |
| Chapter XIII Writing Portlets: A Quick Lesson for IT Managers | p. 196 |
| Chapter XIV Brief Overview Portal Application Platforms | p. 206 |
| WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms 5 | p. 206 |
| Apache Portal Tools and Server | p. 207 |
| Sun ONE Portal Server | p. 208 |
| Portal Development with Struts | p. 211 |
| Chapter XV Installation and Maintenance Costs | p. 216 |
| Chapter XVI Standards Overview | p. 219 |
| Portlet Specification JSR 168 | p. 220 |
| Portlet Relationship with Servlet Specification | p. 222 |
| Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) | p. 226 |
| Chapter XVII Managing Portals | p. 237 |
| FAQ | p. 237 |
| Future Trends | p. 244 |
| Section IV Grids as Virtual Organizations | |
| Chapter XVIII Grids | p. 247 |
| Grid Goals | p. 247 |
| Grid Resources | p. 251 |
| Grid Architectures: Physical and Logical | p. 254 |
| What is a Grid Network? | p. 255 |
| OGSA: Web Services as a Grid Platform | p. 261 |
| OGSA, OGSI, and WSRF: From GT3 to GT4 | p. 268 |
| Building Grid Solutions | p. 301 |
| Feasibility | p. 306 |
| References | p. 309 |
| Glossary | p. 317 |
| Acronyms | p. 324 |
| About the Authors | p. 328 |
| Index | p. 330 |
