Lehrgebiet Informationssysteme

iWebDB/Doc provides all base types and tables for Web Content Management (WCM), e.g., types for storing XML, HTML, Postscript, and other text documents as well as images of different formats.

iWebDB/ED (External Data

iWebDB/ED helps to simplify Web site administration by allowing the integration of externally stored files into iWebDB. File system data accessible via Web protocols, such as "file:", "ftp:", and "http:", can be made available in relational tables, the file content in document formats provided by iWebDB/Doc. Available data can be queried using SQL. Thus, external data can seamlessly be integrated into the system. Users and other iWebDB components can access documents stored in a file system as well as documents managed by the DBS in the same way by SQL.

iWebDB/eXtract

iWebDB/eXtract offers additional functions for analyzing documents to enhance the search capabilities provided by iWebDB/Doc. Furthermore, functionality is provided for storing extracted data in a special index structure being exploited by a search engine.

iWebDB/MP (Macro Processor)

iWebDB/MP is a function library and designed to be the foundation for building gateway programs for Web-based DB access. It offers an extensible macro processor for embedding special tags into Web documents.

iWebDB/DG (Document Generator)

Based on the functionality provided by iWebDB/DG the ORDBMS is capable of automatically maintaining DB-based Web documents. Whenever related data is modified, the corresponding files on the Web server are being updated by the DBMS.

iWebDB/SM (Site Manager)

iWebDB/SM is the iWebDB tool for site management provided to all so-called information providers. Based on a graphical user interface (GUI), all tasks concerning installation and maintenance of Web documents and directories, user and group administration as well as en-/disabling document generation can easily be performed.