Jacada and Explorer - Java Centric Clients

[bmcintyre@xxxxxxxxx]

Hi to the List.

THis is a continuation of the explanation on Jacada, this time focused on
the relationship between Explorer and the Jacada Java client. Some
discussions will also be made about Active Enterprise and the developments
surrounding it's deployment in the Java world.

The Jacada Java UI provided for System 21 is hosted within the client
browser, in that it makes use of the browser caching facilities and
provides the best performance of all our UI deployments.

It is currently delivered with a role based task launcher that uses the
same security files as the System 21 Explorer product.

In the labs we are developing a Java based version of the Action List and
Action Tracker functions. We have also had a request for a comparable
product to document viewer but have yet to start that work.

The bits of Explorer that would not be included in the new development are
the proprietary emulator and the Windows centric presentation.

Active Enterprise developments are nearing completion which include two way
interactive email, ie the ability to define a process and generate an email
as today. The difference is that the work management engine will hold the
process, wait for a response on the email, then initiate the process again.
THis will form the basis of collaborative processing moving forward. It
will certainly provide for extension of the reach of Active Enterprise past
the company boundaries. This is a July 2000 deliverable. It is planned to
extend this capability through inclusion of task launching from the email
as well.

As the rest of Explorer is put into maintenance mode the development
efforts are shifting to the java centric model as we perceive the emergence
of the web based activities to be a dominant market trend. So Explorer is
being reinvented not terminated.


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