Let me try again.........03/08/2006 07:14:44 AMWritten By : Roberto BoccadoroCategory : None
I read the comments to my post about Workplace naming and the one from Charles Robinson makes me think that the message is not very clear. It is probably my fault, not his. I have to explain things clearly, if people don't understand it correctly then I have to find another way to convey the message. Let me try again, I will use Charles post ad try to clarify
Workplace Collaboration Services is a collection of Websphere Portal portlets. No, WCS is built upon WPS but is definitely not a simple collection of portlets. It adds "application services" to the WPS base (e.g. mail). Maybe a picture is worth a thousand words
/49E15618C2EAD1898525712B00433F29/$File/wcsarch.jpg)
The services that WCS adds are the yellow ones in the picture. Is true that we provide the portlets needed to access them (e.g. mail portlet) but WCS is not only that.
Websphere Portal is a set of J2EE components that requires Websphere Application Server. Not exactly, WPS is an application that runs on WAS. Maybe we are using different words to say the same concept, but technically we refer to WPS as a "J2EE application" not as a set of components.
To create native Workplace Managed Client applications you use Rational Application Developer. [I'm still puzzled by Workplace Builder and Workplace Designer.] Workplace Builder is a browser based tool, included in WCS and WSE, that is used to create "templates" for Workplace applications. See picture
/D7ABA2A817EE88898525712B0041F2B3/$File/builder.jpg)
Workplace designer is used to create document based components (e.g. forms) that you will use in a Workplace application
You can (or will be able to) launch Notes applications in Workplace Managed Client. This requires you have a Notes client installed and the WMC uses a plugin to surface the Notes client. Yes for now (WCS 2.6 and Notes 7); no for the future. "Hannover", the next release of the Notes client will be built on Eclipse just like the Workplace Managed Client and will obviously run Notes applications natively
Does this create confusion? It does for me. Hope this post can help in clarifying. Let me know, one of the things I do for a living is to try to explain our strategy and how do the various products fit into it. If this attempt is not successful, I will try again.......
RoB
Workplace Collaboration Services is a collection of Websphere Portal portlets. No, WCS is built upon WPS but is definitely not a simple collection of portlets. It adds "application services" to the WPS base (e.g. mail). Maybe a picture is worth a thousand words
The services that WCS adds are the yellow ones in the picture. Is true that we provide the portlets needed to access them (e.g. mail portlet) but WCS is not only that.
Websphere Portal is a set of J2EE components that requires Websphere Application Server. Not exactly, WPS is an application that runs on WAS. Maybe we are using different words to say the same concept, but technically we refer to WPS as a "J2EE application" not as a set of components.
To create native Workplace Managed Client applications you use Rational Application Developer. [I'm still puzzled by Workplace Builder and Workplace Designer.] Workplace Builder is a browser based tool, included in WCS and WSE, that is used to create "templates" for Workplace applications. See picture
Workplace designer is used to create document based components (e.g. forms) that you will use in a Workplace application
You can (or will be able to) launch Notes applications in Workplace Managed Client. This requires you have a Notes client installed and the WMC uses a plugin to surface the Notes client. Yes for now (WCS 2.6 and Notes 7); no for the future. "Hannover", the next release of the Notes client will be built on Eclipse just like the Workplace Managed Client and will obviously run Notes applications natively
Does this create confusion? It does for me. Hope this post can help in clarifying. Let me know, one of the things I do for a living is to try to explain our strategy and how do the various products fit into it. If this attempt is not successful, I will try again.......
RoB
Comments
1. Doug Cohen03/09/2006 02:05:16 PM
Hannover will be built on Eclipse, just like WMC. What are the plans for the offline component of WMC? Will WMC have it because Hannover has it?
Thanks.
2. Roberto Boccadoro03/10/2006 05:48:25 AM
Homepage: http://www.yellowisthenewblack.com
@1 - As of now WMC, the one you get with WCS, has offline capabilities for mail and documents. Not sure if this is the answer you wanted; can you maybe explain in more detials what you are looking for ?
RoB
