| Basic features |
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Web pages are XML/XSL based, and dynamic |
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Web Controls are XML/XSL based, and dynamic |
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Web Controls can be reused |
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Automatic generation of XSL based on XML definitions |
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Preview capability for all XSL pages |
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Data Validation cells, Error Handling cells |
| Connectivity to external datasources, and applications, bi-directional |
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Connection to databases via SQL. Dynamic SQL via parameters and Selector cells |
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Connection to any external applications via native calls to SOAP clients (Web services, EJB, .NET). * SOAP access is native, without programming or API calls* |
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Application built in Awareness can act as SOAP server |
| Rule Engine |
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Rules define sequence of display for pages in an application |
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Rules define workflow for asynchronous work and handling of work among different users/roles |
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Dynamic routing enabled via Conditional Routing cells |
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Supports Approval procedures |
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| Authentication and privileges |
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Supports users accounts, roles, and organizations |
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Supports different levels of access privileges for different roles, and organizations |
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Supports different labels for different organizations |
| Other features |
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Alerts, Notifications, Timers |
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Approval procedures |
| Portal |
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Comes with customizable XSL defined portal |
| Components |
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Non-persistent and persistent components |
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In-memory database for persistent components |
| Transfer Security, Firewall considerations |
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Five-star security |
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Firewall unaffected, works with port 80 only |
| Mapping |
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Direct mapping of results prepared by external application calls to controls, and vice versa |
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| Performance considerations for access to external applications and datasources |
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Fast multi-threaded access to external applications and datasources |
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Automatic data dependency analysis and optimization for parallel multi-threaded access to external applications and datasources |
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Automatic connection pooling, i.e. loadbalancing |
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Automatic connection persistency, i.e. fault-tolerance |
| Management of source code, versions |
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Comes with CVS (Version Control) tool for easy version tracking for Web applications, new features and bugs fixes |
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Comes with a Q/A (Quality Assurance) tool for basic tracking of testing scenarios, test runs, issues, and progress |
| Development Methodology |
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Supports multi-tier development model with separate: presentation, process, business logic, and data access tiers |
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Native multi-tiered development |
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Self-documenting |
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