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jAPS 2.0 Entando

Technology

18 February 2011

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Web site: www.japsportal.com - Mail: [email protected]

CMS

Portal System

jAPS

Presentation Oriented

Integration Oriented

Product Positioning

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Guidelines jAPS 2.0 Entando

● Lightweight technologies● Highly performant● Essentiality: only what you need● Modularity● Compliance with standards (when they are useful)● High flexibility for customization● Software quality● Agile Software Methodologies

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jAPS 2.0 Entando based project benefits

● Technology Benefits● infrastructure and model guides for development

● Organization Benefits● separation between development and use phase● Separation of professional skills job

● Results Riusability● Separation of information and services from

graphics and presentation ● Riusability, multi-device

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jAPS 2.0 Entando based project Life Cycle

Life Cycle Phases Actorsconception and design designers, analysts,

communication and domain experts

development/production designers, Java developers, web developers

installation system administrator

management and update portal manager, supervisor, editor

use web users

evolution developers

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Architecture

● Interfaces with different technology for front-end and back-office

● Modular design● Strong decoupling of layers● Services oriented ● Plug-in pattern

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Architectural Model

Front-end usersFront-end users Back Office users,

administrators

Back Office users,administrators

Front-end interfaceFront-end interface

Output aggregationBack-end interface

Back-end interfaceAccess control,navigation logic

Output management (Showlets)Output management (Showlets)

Showlet #1

Connectorto services

Showlet #n...

Struts dispatching & access control

Back-end view & control logicBack-end view & control logic

Core apps Custom apps

Actions, AOP, Interceptors

Core & custom servicesCore & custom services

Presentation

jAPS core services jAPS app services Customservices

Integrationservices

Authorization

Configuration

Event manager...

Search engine

Content manager

Content Renderer...

Spring

Data Access Layer, Connectors

ExternalServices

ExternalServices

Str

uts

Database,File System,

other

Database,File System,

other

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jAPS 2.0 Entando and Accessibility

● Web accessibility: people with visual, auditory, motor and cognitive disabilities can have equal access to information, data and functionalities

● International Guidelines (W3C WCAG)● Specific governments laws such as Section 508,

Stanca Law and PAS 78● jAPS was born with the goal of accessibility● jAPS 2.0 Entando back office is accessible

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Users, authentication, authorization

● jAPS 2.0 Entando includes a set of entities and basic features to manage user identity

● Role based authorization, different for functions and data

● The authorization service is based on abstract entities and services that may have various implementations

● Separation between entities user, authentication service and authorization service

● Services can be internal, external and combined

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Authentication in jAPS 2.0 Entando

● Internal (default): based on credentials and "weak" authentication

● External:● LDAP, AD● Smart Card, CNS, BusinessKey● Kerberos and SAML 1.0 Support● Single Sign On (CAS)

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Authentication/Authorization Patterns

● Internal● authentication and authorization through services

and local data● External authentication, internal authorization

● authentication through external services (LDAP, CNS)

● authorization based on local roles● External authentication, external authorization

● authentication through external services● authorization based on external roles (LDAP)

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Front-end basic entity

● Page● abstract container with some properties● organized in a hierarchical tree● associated to a presentation template

● Page Model● defines the page layout

● Showlet● abstract element of view aggregation● based on standard Java EE technologies● information and services exposed on pages

through showlet

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CMS

● CMS based on a robust and extensible conceptual model

● highly configurable in terms of data structures and presentation of information

● Allows sharing and reuse of contents (XML)● Easy to use in editing, updating and publishing

phases● Accessible ● Versatile (eg. faceted navigation)● Evolution of the CMS interface with two Web Client:

"Normal " and "Advanced "

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Normal Client

The Normal Client is compatible with accessibility international standards and specific governments

laws such as Section 508, Stanca Law and PAS 78

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Advanced Client

The Advanced Client is based on CSS3 and shows a sidebar menus

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Some CMS Features

● Independent web content archive● Configurable content structure● Correlation between the contents (symbolic links)● Categorization system● Images and documents archive● Native multilinguage ● Indexing and searching● Total separation between information and view (User interface)● Content formatting engine ● Easy to use and powerful publishing tools● Optimized content caching

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Services Integration

● jAPS 2.0 Entando is designed to easily integrate internal and external services

● Showlet abstraction model leaves full freedom of choice of most appropriate techniques to integrate new services

● It is possible to extend back-office features for the management and the administration of new services

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Security

● General security guaranteed by the quality of software design and implementation

● Specific modules against front-end cross site scripting● Support of jAPS Partners

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Production environments

● Ability to use in production the most suitable configuration

● Compatibility with various servlet engines● Use of HTTP server for direct delivery of file

resources● Cluster installation (mission critical enviroments)● HTTP and HTTPS use mode depending on user

authentication state

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THANKS! THANKS!

www.japsportal.comwww.japsportal.com

www.tzente.comwww.tzente.com

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advanced web site

accessible web site

cas web site

combined web site

authorization japs

web client

external roles ldap

authorization service