Implior Exalt Portal and Wiki

Description

• Framework for managing information, processes and applications in terms of presentation, navigation, integration, sharing and security.
• Web site that allows users to add, modify or delete content without specific skills or tools.

Functionality:

• Standard portal and wiki functionality with standard security mechanisms (SSL, MD5 etc.)
• Desktop integration through Webdav
• Complete UTF-8 support (all national character set).
• Detection and automatic blocking of brute-force password cracking attempts.
• A general purpose transformation engine that transforms text into many different formats.
• A general purpose management and display system for Wiki user interface components (Wikilets - similar to JSR168 - but handling applications in any language from any server).

The platform:

• For efficient, secure and compliant collaboration in processes and projects.   
• For integrating documentation and discussions with processes and rules.

[Terms: Enterprise Information Portals / Collaborative authoring and publishing system]

Supported by:

• Process & Knowledge: Acts when events in Portal / Wiki are triggered.
• Repository: Stores Portal / Wiki content with document management functionality.
• PRC: Updates a list of tasks or a workflow when events in Portal / Wiki are triggered.

The next generation

Web 2.0, is a phrase that refers to a next generation of Internet services where emphasis is on social networking, collective intelligence and technology that provide a better interface for online collaboration and sharing.

Web 2.0 has so far mostly been used in connection with services focused at private persons. Enterprise 2.0 is more or less the same concept focused on companies. The term Enterprise Social Software is sometimes also used.

A more complete definition of these terms can be provided by Wikipedia which is a typical Web 2.0 service. As can be seen on Wikipedia, a wiki is a very central component for all these terms, and Wikipedia itself is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and based on a wiki platform.

In other words, a wiki is a very suitable platform for documenting and discussing processes and projects.

The implications of these concepts could be a much higher level of engagement from everyone in a company compared to a first generation intranet portal. A challenge in contrast to traditional first generation software, which imposes structure prior to use, this next generation of software tends to encourage use prior to providing structure. Another challenge is quality assurance of the information.

Implior Exalt Wiki is unique by taking these concepts further by being integrated with a portal and standing on a repository providing full document management services. The integration with a tool like PRC and thereby enabling interaction between processes, rules and wiki information takes the concept even further.

Implior Exalt is even designed with Web 3.0 in mind. Web 3.0 is a model where presentation, logic and data are separated so that the web can become intelligent. The semantic web is an example where natural language can be understood, interpreted and used.