(19) United States
`(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2005/0050454 A1
`(43) Pub. Date:
`Mar. 3, 2005
`J ennery et al.
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`US 20050050454A1
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`(54) CONTROLLING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A
`WEB
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`(75) Inventors: Aidon Paul Jennery, El Sobrante, CA
`(US); Melvin Richard Zimowski, San
`Jose, CA (US)
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`Correspondence Address:
`INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
`CORP
`IP LAW
`555 BAILEY AVENUE , J46/G4
`SAN JOSE, CA 95141 (US)
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`(73) Assignee: International Business Machines Cor
`poration, Armonk, NY
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`(21) Appl. No.:
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`10/651,595
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`(22) Filed:
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`Aug. 29, 2003
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`Publication Classi?cation
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`(51) Int. Cl? ................................................... .. G06F 15/00
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`(52) US. Cl. ............................................................ .. 715/513
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
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`Amethod, apparatus and article of manufacture, implement
`ing the method, of integrating Web applications is provided.
`In response to a request from a ?rst Web application that has
`a ?rst Web page having a ?rst presentation format and a ?rst
`behavior, in Which the request speci?es at least one setting,
`a second Web application generates a second Web page. The
`second Web application is external to the ?rst Web applica
`tion. The second Web page has a second presentation format
`and a second behavior. The second Web page is generated in
`accordance With the at least one setting, Wherein the at least
`one setting controls, at least in part, at least one of the second
`presentation format and the second behavior. In another
`aspect of the invention, the at least one setting comprises one
`or any combination of a type setting, a style sheet setting and
`a graphics setting.
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`CONTROLLING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A WEB
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
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`[0002] The invention relates to a technique, speci?cally a
`method, apparatus, and article of manufacture that imple
`ments the method, to control the look and feel of a second
`Web application When integrating the second Web applica
`tion With a ?rst Web application Where the second Web
`application is external to the ?rst Web application.
`
`[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
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`[0004] A Web application provides users With data that is
`displayed in a Web page having a presentation format With
`its oWn “look and feel.” The term “look and feel” refers to
`the appearance and operation of the Web page. For example,
`“look and feel” comprises the types of objects displayed, the
`appearance of those objects, and the operation of those
`objects. The types of objects include, and are not limited to,
`buttons, lists, tabs, checkboxes, and text ?elds. The appear
`ance refers to the general appearance of the Web page and
`objects on the page, including, and not limited to, the
`location of the objects on the Web page, the siZe and color
`of the objects, Whether an object displays a text name (for
`example, “Apply” or “Cancel” on a button) or Whether the
`object is displayed With graphic image, such as an icon, on
`that object (for example, an image on a button), the type of
`font(s) used on a Web page, the siZes of the font(s), the color
`of the font(s), and other font attributes such as bold, italic or
`underlined. The operation, also referred to as the behavior,
`refers to hoW the objects operate, both individually and as a
`group. Examples of behavior include, and are not limited to,
`enabling or disabling a response to a click from a mouse on
`an area of the Web page, and hoW an object responds to a
`click from a mouse.
`
`[0005] When vieWing a ?rst Web page generated by a ?rst
`Web application, a user may need to access data from a
`second Web application that is integrated With the ?rst Web
`application. The second Web application can be invoked
`from the ?rst Web application, and a second Web page that
`is generated by the second Web application may be dis
`played. HoWever, the ?rst and second Web pages may have
`different presentation formats and behaviors. Colors, fonts,
`the types of objects displayed, their locations on the Web
`page, and the attributes of the objects may differ. Thus the
`user is not provided With a consistent, that is, seamless “look
`and feel” in the Web environment, even though the Web
`applications are integrated.
`
`[0006] More generally, the ?rst Web application cannot
`control the “look and feel” of the second Web application.
`HoWever, some softWare vendors sell integrated systems and
`Want to provide a consistent or controlled “look and feel”
`among the Web applications. In other Words, these softWare
`vendors Want to provide a user With a seamless or otherWise
`controlled Web experience, even though that vendor is using
`other vendor’s softWare.
`
`[0007] Therefore there is a need for a method, apparatus
`and article of manufacture that implements the method, for
`integrating a second Web application With a ?rst Web appli
`cation to control the “look and feel” of the second Web
`application.
`
`[0008] To overcome the limitations in the prior art
`described above, and to overcome other limitations that Will
`become apparent upon reading and understanding the
`present speci?cation, the present invention discloses a
`method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for control
`ling the look and feel of a second Web application When
`integrating the second Web application With a ?rst Web
`application.
`[0009] In accordance With the present invention, a method
`of controlling at least one of a presentation format and a
`behavior of a Web page of a Web application is provided. In
`response to a request from a ?rst Web application that has a
`?rst Web page having a ?rst presentation format and a ?rst
`behavior, in Which the request speci?es at least one setting,
`a second Web application generates a second Web page. The
`second Web application is external to the ?rst Web applica
`tion. The second Web page has a second presentation format
`and a second behavior. The second Web page is generated in
`accordance With the at least one setting, Wherein the at least
`one setting controls, at least in part, at least one of the second
`presentation format and the second behavior. In another
`aspect of the invention, the at least one setting comprises one
`or any combination of a type setting, a style sheet setting and
`a graphics setting. In this Way, a con?gurable Web environ
`ment is provided.
`
`[0010] In yet another aspect of the invention, the second
`presentation format and second behavior is substantially
`similar to the ?rst presentation format and ?rst behavior. In
`this Way, the user is provided With a seamless Web experi
`ence. The look and feel of the graphical user interface of the
`second Web application is controlled When the second Web
`application is integrated With a ?rst Web application that is
`external to the second Web application.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`[0011] The teachings of the present invention can be
`readily understood by considering the folloWing detailed
`description in conjunction With the accompanying draWings,
`in Which:
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`[0012] FIG. 1 depicts a high-level ?oWchart of an
`embodiment of a technique to control the “look and feel” of
`a second Web application When integrating With a ?rst Web
`application;
`[0013] FIG. 2 depicts a high-level block diagram of an
`embodiment of a Web application environment that uses the
`technique of FIG. 1;
`[0014] FIG. 3 depicts a block diagram of an embodiment
`of the architecture of an exemplary Web application envi
`ronment in Which a second exemplary Web application is
`integrated With a ?rst exemplary Web application to control
`the “look and feel” of the second Web application;
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`[0015] FIG. 4 depicts an exemplary ?rst Web page gen
`erated by an exemplary ?rst Web application that is inte
`grated With a second exemplary Web application, prior to the
`execution of the second exemplary Web application.
`[0016] FIG. 5 depicts the exemplary ?rst Web page of
`FIG. 4 folloWing the execution of the second exemplary
`Web application Which generates the second Web page,
`displaying a list of search results Within the ?rst Web page;
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`[0017] FIG. 6 depicts a high-level ?owchart of an
`embodiment of a technique to generate and display a list of
`search results using a controlled presentation format and a
`controlled behavior;
`[0018] FIG. 7 depicts a more-detailed ?oWchart of an
`embodiment that uses at least one speci?ed setting to
`generate the second Web page;
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`[0019] FIG. 8 depicts a more-detailed ?oWchart of
`another embodiment of using at least one speci?ed setting to
`generate a second Web page;
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`[0020] FIG. 9 depicts an exemplary Web page that dis
`plays an individual search item in a separate WindoW;
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`[0021] FIG. 10 depicts a high-level ?oWchart of an
`embodiment of a technique to display the individual search
`item of FIG. 9; and
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`[0022] FIG. 11 depicts an illustrative computer system
`that uses the teachings of the present invention.
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`[0023] To facilitate understanding, identical reference
`numerals have been used, Where possible, to designate
`identical elements that are common to some of the ?gures.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
`PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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`[0024] After considering the folloWing description, those
`skilled in the art Will clearly realiZe that the teachings of the
`present invention can be utiliZed to control the “look and
`feel” of a second Web application When integrating the
`second Web application With a ?rst Web application, Where
`the second Web application is external to the ?rst Web
`application.
`[0025] A technique, speci?cally a method, apparatus, and
`article of manufacture that implements the method, controls
`at least one of the presentation format and the behavior of a
`Web page of a Web application. In response to a request from
`the ?rst Web application in Which the request speci?es at
`least one setting to control, at least in part, at least one of the
`presentation format and the behavior, the second Web appli
`cation generates a second Web page that has a second
`presentation format and a second behavior. The second Web
`application generates the second Web page such that at least
`one of the second presentation format and the second
`behavior is in accordance With the setting(s). In this Way, the
`?rst Web application can control, at least in part, the “look
`and feel” of a Web page generated by the second Web
`application.
`[0026] In another embodiment, at least one of the second
`presentation format and the second behavior is substantially
`similar to the ?rst presentation format and the ?rst behavior.
`The terms “substantially similar look and feel” or “substan
`tially similar presentation format and behavior” refer to
`using the same or substantially similar objects, object siZe,
`graphics, page layout, font, colors, text, audio and video, and
`operation as the ?rst Web application in the second Web
`application. In this Way, a user is presented With a seamless,
`that is, a consistent, “look-and-feel” When using integrated
`Web applications.
`
`[0027] In yet another more particular embodiment of the
`invention, the technique provides a con?gurable method and
`frameWork to provide the “look and feel” of a Web appli
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`cation that is being extended. In other Words, a ?rst Web
`application is integrated With, that is, extended by, a second
`Web application. The technique uses an integrator, in one
`embodiment, a Java servlet in the second Web application, to
`establish an execution environment for locating and provid
`ing access to both structured and unstructured data, and one
`or more servlets and J avaServer Pages (JSP) for generating
`a Web page to display the data based on the folloWing
`con?guration settings: (1) a type setting that controls the
`objects that appear and the capabilities that are supported
`Within the Web page(s) generated by the J SP, (2) a style sheet
`setting that selects a style sheet specifying fonts and colors
`similar to those of the ?rst Web application, and (3) for a Web
`application that uses graphics in its Web pages, a graphics
`setting that selects graphics similar to those of the ?rst Web
`application. In another embodiment, a print-enabled setting
`determines Whether a print button Will appear on the Web
`page. The con?guration settings are speci?ed in a properties
`?le. In one embodiment, the properties ?le speci?es one or
`any combination of the type setting, the style sheet setting
`and the graphics setting. When the ?rst Web application
`makes a request for data from the second Web application,
`the request speci?es a properties ?le. In the second Web
`application, the integrator accesses the speci?ed properties
`?le to determine the values of the settings. In another
`embodiment, the technique permits the simultaneous inte
`gration of the ?rst Web application With multiple external
`applications.
`
`[0028] Referring to FIG. 1, a high-level ?oWchart depicts
`an embodiment of the technique of the present invention.
`Referring also to FIG. 2, a high-level block diagram of a
`Web application environment is shoWn. In step 20, a user at
`a broWser 30, invokes a ?rst Web application 32 to generate
`a ?rst Web page having a ?rst presentation format and a ?rst
`behavior. In step 22, the broWser 30 displays the ?rst Web
`page. In step 24, the user invokes, from the ?rst Web page
`and the ?rst Web application 32, a second Web application
`34. The ?rst Web application 32 provides a uniform resource
`locator (URL) that is sent to the broWser 30 Which invokes
`the second Web application 34 With the URL. In step 26, in
`the second Web application 34, the integrator 40, receives at
`least one setting via the URL, and causes the second Web
`page to be generated. The second Web page has a second
`presentation format and a second behavior. The second Web
`page is generated in accordance With at least one setting 42
`that controls, at least in part, at least one of the second
`presentation format and second behavior. In an alternate
`embodiment, the setting controls the second presentation
`format and the second behavior such that at least one of the
`second presentation format and second behavior is substan
`tially similar to the ?rst presentation format and ?rst behav
`1or.
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`[0029] The ?rst Web application, the broWser and the
`second Web application may be on the same computer.
`Typically the ?rst Web application 32, the broWser 30, and
`the second Web application 34 are on different computers, a
`?rst Web application computer 46, a broWser computer 44,
`and a second Web application computer 48, respectively.
`
`[0030] The ?rst Web application 32 is con?gured to invoke
`the second Web application 34 and to specify a properties ?le
`44 to use. In one embodiment, the Web page generated by the
`?rst Web application 32 is provided With a control object, for
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`example, a button, that When clicked on, causes a URL to be
`returned to the Web page browser 30 to invoke the second
`Web application 34.
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`[0031] In one embodiment, the settings are speci?ed indi
`rectly. In particular, the URL from the ?rst Web application
`32 speci?es the setting(s) 42 by specifying a properties ?le
`44 that stores the values of the setting(s) 42. Alternately, the
`settings may be speci?ed directly in the URL.
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`[0032] The invention may be used With both structured
`and unstructured data. Structured data comprises data stored
`in traditional databases. Unstructured data comprises data
`With an unstructured digital content such as text, HTML
`?les, document images, audio and video data.
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`[0033] In another embodiment, the ?rst Web application
`provides a ?rst set of data in the ?rst Web page having the
`?rst presentation format and the ?rst behavior. The second
`Web application provides a second set of data. The second
`Web page comprises at least a subset of the second set of data
`having at least one of the second presentation format and
`second behavior in accordance With the setting(s). The ?rst
`set of data is structured data and the second set of data is
`unstructured data. Alternately, the ?rst set of data is struc
`tured data and the second set of data is structured data about
`unstructured data. In another alternate embodiment, the
`unstructured data is displayed from the second set of data.
`
`[0034] Referring to FIG. 3, an embodiment of an exem
`plary Web application environment is shoWn. In one embodi
`ment, the ?rst exemplary Web application is a Siebel®
`(Siebel is a registered trademark of Siebel Systems, Inc.)
`Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application and
`the second exemplary Web application comprises an IBM®
`(IBM is a registered trademark of International Business
`Machines Corporation) Content Manager application called
`IBM Content Manager Integration for Siebel, Which installs
`as part of the IBM Content Manager eClient 110. In another
`embodiment, the ?rst Web application is a PeopleSoft®
`application (PeopleSoft is a registered trademark of People
`Soft, Inc.), such as PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal and Peop
`leTools® (PeopleTools is a registered trademark of People
`Soft, Inc.), and the second Web application is IBM Content
`Manager Integration for PeopleSoft. HoWever, the invention
`is not meant to be limited to these Siebel, PeopleSoft and
`IBM applications, and the invention may be used With other
`Web applications.
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`[0035] A user With a Web broWser 30 is connected to a
`vendor application 68 executing on a vendor server 66
`Which can access a datastore 62. For example, the user may
`be looking at a list of service requests for Which the user is
`responsible. Clicking on a service request in the Web
`broWser 30 causes a request for information about the
`service request to How to the vendor server 66 and the result
`to be returned back to the Web broWser.
`
`[0036] Referring also to FIG. 4, an exemplary Web page,
`that is, a screen 80, of a vendor application that can display
`data from the IBM Content Manager is shoWn. A?rst set of
`tabs 82 provides a list of screens. A second set of tabs 84
`provides a list of vieWs. In one embodiment, as shoWn in
`FIG. 4, in the Web page, an “Archived Content” tab 86 has
`been con?gured to cause the integrator to be invoked. The
`integrator 40 accesses the Content Manager 98 to retrieve
`data to display on a Web page. An iFrame 88 is associated
`
`With the archived content tab 86. The iFrame 88 provides an
`area on Which a Web page generated, or caused to be
`generated, by the integrator 40 can be displayed.
`[0037] When the user activates the “Archived Content”
`tab 86 in the Web broWser 30, a request is sent to the vendor
`server 66 Which evaluates a calculated ?eld URL. In this
`example, the vendor server 66 also substitutes the appropri
`ate service request number in the calculated ?eld URL. The
`calculated ?eld URL is returned to the Web broWser 30. The
`Web broWser 30 loads the calculated ?eld URL, Which
`causes the request to be handled by the integrator 40 Which
`is running as a Web application in an application server. In
`one embodiment, the application server is an IBM Web
`Sphere® application server 90 (WebSphere is a registered
`trademark of IBM Corporation). In an alternate embodi
`ment, an application server other than the IBM WebSphere
`application server may be used. In one embodiment, the
`integrator 40 generates a search template and invokes an
`IBM Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) Federated Connec
`tor 92, Which invokes the IBM Content Manager Connector
`94 Which uses the search template to execute a search on a
`Content Manager Library Server 96 for content associated
`With the speci?ed service request. In the Content Manager
`98, the Content Manager Library Server 96 accesses a
`Content Manager database 102, and a Content Manager
`Object Server 104 accesses Content Manager Storage 106.
`In FIG. 5, an exemplary Web page 112, containing a list of
`Content Manager documents that match the service request,
`is returned and displayed in the Web broWser 30. The list of
`documents comprises structured data that references
`unstructured data. The vendor Web application 68 is con
`?gured to invoke the integrator 40.
`[0038] In one embodiment, the integration of the vendor
`application With IBM Content Manager 98 is achieved
`through customiZation of at least one component Within a
`particular object layer of the vendor application 68. The
`customiZation adds one or more calculated ?elds, each of
`Which contains a calculated ?eld URL. The display of each
`calculated ?eld value by the vendor application is achieved
`by (1) associating the calculated ?eld With a control Within
`a vendor applet that uses a Web template to display the
`calculated ?eld, and (2) adding the vendor applet to a vieW
`associated With the object that contains the component of
`interest. The value of the calculated ?eld URL Will be the
`HTML results, that is, the Web page that is generated by the
`integrator that contains the result of a federated search of the
`IBM Content Manager content store. In one embodiment,
`the calculated ?eld URL has the folloWing format:
`[0039] <URL scheme>://<virtual host name>/<eClient
`application name>/Integrator?<arguments>
`[0040] The virtual host name is the name of the eClient
`server 110 containing the integrator 40. The calculated ?eld
`URL is the interface that the vendor application 68 uses to
`invoke the integrator 40 of the eClient server 110. The
`vendor System Administrator de?nes the values of the
`arguments Within the URL When adding the calculated ?eld
`URL to the business component. The values of the argu
`ments specify the search criteria for the federated search that
`Will be initiated by the integrator 40 as Well as at least one
`setting that controls at least one of the presentation format
`and the behavior of the Web page.
`[0041] Each of the arguments Within the calculated ?eld
`URL Will noW be described. Table 1 beloW illustrates the
`arguments of an embodiment of the calculated ?eld URL.
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`TABLE 1
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`Arguments of a Calculated Field URL
`
`Argument Name
`
`Argument Value
`
`<installation provided token>
`eClientToken
`<name of Integrator Properties ?le>
`IPFile
`<name of federated search template>
`Entity
`<search criterion name> <search criterion value>
`ReleaseLevel
`<release level of vendor server>
`Server
`<name of federated server database>
`Userid
`<userid for access to federated server database>
`PassWord
`<passWord for access to
`federated server database>
`
`[0042] The eClientToken argument is used to control
`access to the Content Manager’s content servers. The eCli
`entToken argument value is provided in the URL by the
`vendor application 68 When the application attempts to
`access any supported content servers. An exemplary eCli
`entToken argument and property value is shoWn beloW:
`eClientToken=integrator
`[0043]
`[0044] During integrator con?guration, a system admin
`istrator selects a value for the eClientToken property and
`adds the value to the properties ?le 44 for the associated
`application. This same value of the eClientToken property is
`provided in the eClientToken argument of the calculated
`?eld URL.
`[0045] In the calculated ?eld URL, the IPFile argument
`speci?es the name of the integrator properties ?le that is to
`be used When generating the Web page that contains the
`search results. The integrator 40 adds the ?le extension
`“properties” to the name speci?ed by the IPFile argument.
`For example, if the name speci?ed by the IPFile argument is
`equal to Vendor, then the integrator 40 Will attempt to read
`the properties and settings from the Vendor.properties ?le.
`The integrator 40 assumes that the integrator properties ?le
`is in the same directory as an eClient properties ?le, called
`IDM.properties. For example, if the eClient root directory is
`<drive>:\Program Files\CMeclient, then the properties ?le is
`placed in the directory <drive>:\Program Files\CMeclient.
`[0046] The Entity argument speci?es the name of a search
`template for a federated search.
`[0047] The <search criterion name> argument(s) specify
`the values for the search criterion de?ned in the search
`template. The <search criterion name> arguments have the
`folloWing syntax:
`[0048] <search criterion name>=<search criterion
`value>.
`[0049] The ReleaseLevel argument speci?es the release
`level of the ?rst Web application.
`[0050] Argument name/value pairs are separated by the
`character “&” Within the query string of the URL.
`[0051] Con?guring the Integrator
`[0052] During integrator 40 con?guration, an administra
`tor speci?es values for the properties in an application
`speci?c properties ?le that is speci?ed by an external
`application. The properties ?le contains the folloWing prop
`erties and settings:
`[0053] (1) An eClientToken property is an administrator
`selected token that is provided by an external application
`When invoking the integrator 40. The integrator 40 for IBM
`
`Content Manager compares the value of the eClientToken
`argument provided in the URL With the value of the eCli
`entToken property in the properties ?le 44. The integrator
`permits access to the data in the Content Manager When
`these tWo values of eClientToken match. The matching of
`eClientToken values provides access security. The eClient
`Token property is case-sensitive. Valid characters for the
`eClientToken property are any of the ISO 8859-1 Latin 1
`characters With the exception of “;”, “/”, “?”, “1”, “@”, “&”,
`“=”, “+”, “,” and “SS”, Which are reserved characters Within
`the query string of a URL. During integrator con?guration,
`the system administrator selects a value for the eClientToken
`property and adds the value to the properties ?le 44 for the
`associated application.
`[0054] (2) A server property speci?es the name of the
`federated server database that the integrator 40 Will access.
`In an alternate embodiment, the integrator assumes a single
`federated data store.
`[0055] (3) A user identi?er (userid) property speci?es a
`userid to use to access the federated server database.
`[0056] (4) A password property provides a password for
`the userid that Will be used to access the federated server
`database.
`[0057] (5) A type setting speci?es some of the character
`istics of at least one of the presentation format and the
`behavior of the Web page(s) that Will be generated by one or
`more J avaServer Pages. In one embodiment, the value of the
`type setting controls at least one or any combination of the
`folloWing: Whether a Web page has certain control objects,
`such as toolbars and buttons, hoW search result lists are
`displayed, and Whether buttons are identi?ed With text labels
`or graphics. In one embodiment, for one vendor application,
`the value of type setting is equ