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DOCUMENT INFORMATION AND HISTORY Document Reference Number: ETS-APP-02.01 Title: Application Domain Document Type: Enterprise Technology Standards Category: Application Approver: ICT Governance Committee (ICTGC) Approval Date: 04/12/2013 Effective Date: 04/12/2013 Last Review Date: 02/12/2013 Next Review Date: As Required SPOC for Change: NEAF Chief Architect – Email ID: [email protected] Synopsis: Establishes technology standards and guidelines in Application Domain for Information Systems interoperability and information exchange Document History Version Date Author Remarks Number (dd/mm/yyyy) 1.0 06/12/2010 NEAF Team Baseline version 2.0 02/12/2013 NEAF Team Updated and incorporated review comments from ICTGC Review and Approval History Version Date Reviewer / Approver Remarks Number (dd/mm/yyyy) 2.0 04/12/2013 ICTGC Formal approval by ICTGC Technology Standards and Guidelines: Page 2 of 40 Application TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Summary of Technology Standards/Specifications and Tools ................................................................................... 6 2.1. Modelling, Design and Development ................................................................................................................. 6 2.2. Programming Languages for Application development ..................................................................................... 6 2.3. Technologies for Application Development ....................................................................................................... 7 2.4. Application Development Frameworks .............................................................................................................. 7 2.5. Portlet Standards ................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.6. Web Service Delivery .......................................................................................................................................... 8 2.7. Web Service Description ..................................................................................................................................... 9 2.8. Web Service Request Registry ............................................................................................................................ 9 2.9. Web Service Interoperability ............................................................................................................................ 10 2.10. Web Service Business Repository ................................................................................................................... 10 2.11. Business Rules Engines ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.12. Application Integration ................................................................................................................................... 11 2.13. Reporting Tools ............................................................................................................................................... 11 2.14. Business Intelligence ....................................................................................................................................... 12 2.15. Geographic Information System (GIS) ............................................................................................................ 12 3. Details of Standards / Specifications and Associated Guidelines ............................................................................ 13 3.1. SOAP v1.2 .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 3.2. WSDL v1.1 ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 3.3. UDDI v3.0 .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.4. WS-I Basic Profile v1.1 ...................................................................................................................................... 14 3.5. WS-I Simple SOAP Binding Profile v1.0 ............................................................................................................. 15 3.6. WS-I Attachments Profile v1.0 .......................................................................................................................... 16 3.7. ebXML Registry Services Specification v2.1 ...................................................................................................... 16 3.8. ebXML Registry Information Model v2.1 .......................................................................................................... 17 3.9. PHP.................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.10. JSON ................................................................................................................................................................ 18 3.11. ECMA-262 3rd Edition .................................................................................................................................... 18 3.12. HTML ............................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.13. XHTML v1.0 ..................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.14. WSRP............................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.15. XMPP............................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.16. Microsoft .NET Framework ............................................................................................................................. 21 3.17. Java Platform Enterprise Edition..................................................................................................................... 22 3.18. Spring Framework ........................................................................................................................................... 22 3.19. Apache Struts .................................................................................................................................................. 22 3.20. Apache Wicket ................................................................................................................................................ 22 3.21. Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) ....................................................................................... 23 3.22. JavaScript ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 3.23. AJAX ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 3.24. Representational State Transfer (REST) .......................................................................................................... 24 3.25. Web Services .................................................................................................................................................. 24 3.26. Java Portlet Specification ................................................................................................................................ 25 3.27. Java ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 3.28. C# .................................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.29. Visual Basic ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 3.30. XML ................................................................................................................................................................. 26 3.31. SGML ............................................................................................................................................................... 27 Technology Standards and Guidelines: Page 3 of 40 Application 3.32. CSS .................................................................................................................................................................