Overview

The focus of the first release, targeted for 4Q 2010, is to have a simple WEB UI to demonstrate the functionality of the WEB Publisher RESTful Service.

• The user should be able to configure and run a RPE Document Specification and to obtain an output result.

Release Deliverables

The WEB Publisher release deliverables consist of the following:

• WEB Publisher RESTful Service – a WEB Service that provides a RESTful Interface for RPE – distributed as a .war file.
• WEB Publisher App – a WEB Application (include a WEB UI): web version of the Rational Publishing Engine using RPE’s Java API – distributed as a .war file.

Operating Environments

Operating system (OS) support for the WEB Publisher Tool:

Server:

• Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise)
• Windows Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise) (x86-32) SP2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 (x86-32) Update 3
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86-32) SP2

App servers:

• Apache Tomcat 6.0 or later
• WebSphere Application Server 6.1 or later

Databases:

• Apache Derby 10.3

Operating Environments for Web Browser-based client:

• Internet Explorer 7.0
• Firefox 3.0
• Crome 7.0

Release Milestones

The WEB Publisher project will periodically create release builds that showcase the staged v1 functionality.

The WEB Publisher builds are planned for:

• 2010 Oct 10 – Alpha 1
• 2010 Nov 15 – Beta 1
• 2010 Nov 23 – Beta 2
• 2010 Dec 06 – RC1 (release candidate)

v1 Features

• Configuration Module
• Execution Module
• History Module
• RESTful interface
• Access and Authorization mechanism (Container REALM)