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The Presentation Engine function processes input to and output from another infrastructure function. It is used to provide a user interface and/or to format messages and/or other data that are exchanged with/from that function.
A Presentation Engine function processes the input to and/or output from a facility, modelling the (technical) intelligence involved. This function can be used to model
* a client interface;
* an application programming interface (API);
* translating data that is exchanged with/from that facility.


An instance of a Presentation Engine function can be deployed to enhance user interaction in situations where data transport capabilities are limited. Application of this facility in this way can significantly reduce the bandwidth that is required between the user and the application, e.g. when consulting a large database.
Presentation Engine functionality can also be deployed model how input/output capability is delivered to the consumer of a facility. For instance, a specialized Presentation Engine can decouple the physical location where the infrastructure facility is located from the physical location where the results are to be consumed. This comes in handy in situations where data is processed in bulk while data transport capabilities to/from the consumer are limited, e.g. when consulting a large database, or when using a remote workspace from a location with little bandwidth.
 
Examples that implement Presentation Engine functionality are:
* a web server;
* a facility serving "thin clients".
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 8 May 2015


This is a Generic Function document GF Presentation Engine Version: 0.4 OIAr logo
Document type: Generic Function Owner:

S.A.D. Jumelet



Description

This Generic Function belongs to Working Area Server. A Presentation Engine function processes the input to and/or output from a facility, modelling the (technical) intelligence involved. This function can be used to model

  • a client interface;
  • an application programming interface (API);
  • translating data that is exchanged with/from that facility.

Presentation Engine functionality can also be deployed model how input/output capability is delivered to the consumer of a facility. For instance, a specialized Presentation Engine can decouple the physical location where the infrastructure facility is located from the physical location where the results are to be consumed. This comes in handy in situations where data is processed in bulk while data transport capabilities to/from the consumer are limited, e.g. when consulting a large database, or when using a remote workspace from a location with little bandwidth.

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The image "Icon GF Presentation Engine.png" (shown below) can be used to represent this infrastructure function in graphical Pattern representations that it might be part of:

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Generic Patterns using this Generic Function

The following Generic Patterns use this function:

Semantic query
Semantic query
Applied PatternOwnerMaturity
Application HostingJ.A.H. Schoonderbeek4
Content HostingJ.A.H. Schoonderbeek3
Data Protection & Archive ManagementJ.A.H. Schoonderbeek2
Managed File TransferJ.A.H. Schoonderbeek3
Message HandlingJ.A.H. Schoonderbeek4
WorkspaceJ.A.H. Schoonderbeek4

Applied versions of this Generic Function

The following variants of this function have been defined:

Semantic query
Semantic query

No Applied Pattern based on this Generic Pattern (yet)