Regardless of the existing infrastructure that organizations may have for Content Management and related technologies, critical projects with rigorous requirements are often plagued with integration difficulties, overwhelming amounts of custom programming, and the risk of disrupting live systems. The In.vision Content Services Framework is a unique offering in the marketplace that allows organizations to quickly deliver applications that overcome these problems.
The In.vision Content Services Framework creates process portals, collaborative websites, and other content-oriented applications in a fraction of the time required through other approaches. The Framework can be used to create standalone applications, but achieves its highest value when it is used to leverage existing resources by integrating and extending the functionality of other corporate standards. This is achieved with the Framework’s exclusive genetically consistent suite of high-end services:
- Workflow Services which are unique in their conformance to the Workflow Management Coalition's model and ability to orchestrate system-to-system processes. These features allow organizations to achieve the difficult and critical task of bridging traditional Workflow and BPM.
- Content Management Services which combine the requirements of content, document, media asset, records, and XML component management into a single service with one open interface and unlimited configuration or customization capability.
- Integration Services which support synchronous and long-running transactions with external systems and data sources.
- Presentation Services that provide portal, globalization, and personalization services for custom applications that can be delivered to any browser, wireless device, or internet resource.
- At the core of this genetically consistent suite is the In.vision RapidApp Server, which generates live applications from XML definitions created in the tool of choice.
A key concept within the In.vision Content Services Framework is the creation of Exposed Network Resources. An Exposed Network Resource is a service that is available to any authenticated application on the network through a simple, open interface. The ability to create Exposed Network Resources is not limited to In.vision Servers. For many organizations, the greatest hurdle to unified content processes is the fact that critical business logic, documents, and data remains locked up inside legacy client/server or host systems. In.vision's Content Services Framework provides the tools to unlock these critical resources, converting each one into an Exposed Network Resource that may be accessed through the In.vision Framework, or directly from some other network application.
The concept of Exposed Network Resources delivered through Web Services answers the needs of Information Technology planners and end-users alike. The In.vision Content Services Framework offers IT planners the first commonsense answer to bridging current technology with new initiatives.