Chapter 1: What Is The Integration Framework - IBM BJ0NJML - Service And Asset Management Integration Manual

What is the Integration
Framework?
Key Features of the
Integration Framework
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The integration framework is a set of applications that help you to integrate the
system to your external applications. You also can create business flows between
the system and your external applications.
The key features of the integration framework include:
Predefined content to assist in implementing integration requirements in a
timely manner. This content is a comprehensive set of outbound
(channels) and inbound (services) integration components that are
available to use immediately.
Applications to configure, predefine, and to create new integration
definitions.
Applications to facilitate the customization of predefined content by using
a processing rule engine, Java™, and Extensible Stylesheet Language
Transformations (XSLT).
Support for multiple communication modes, including:
Web services
HTTP
Java™ Message Service (JMS) messaging
Database interface tables
XML and flat files
Event-based, batch, program-initiated, and user-initiated processing of
outbound and inbound messages.
Data load and performance scalability by using JMS queues.
Support for clustered environments that reduce system downtime,
increase system availability, and improve system performance.
Support for user interface-based integration that includes context-based
external application launches.
Support for the integration to operational management products (OMPs).
Support for the bulk export of data by using a user-defined SQL query.
Support for the bulk imports of XML or flat files.
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