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IBM Software Group
Rational Publishing Engine
Technical Overview
Manohar Rao
Rational Specialty Architect
raom@us.ibm.com
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Agenda
ƒ RPE Technical Overview
ƒ Demo
ƒ Interactive Q & A
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Rational Publishing Engine
ƒ Runs as Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) Application on Windows
and Linux
ƒ Separation of concerns (Documents, Templates, Formatting, Schema)
to facilitate reuse
ƒ Batch-mode and local/remote document generation
ƒ Word is only an end-product;
it’s not used for document
generation
ƒ Clipboard not used during
document generation
ƒ Designed for speed:
60 times faster than
DocExpress, considerably
faster than SoDA
ƒ Address a large subset of
Microsoft Word features
Usability
Telelogic
Dashboard
Publishing
Measurement
Engine
System
Speed
Flexible
Output
ƒ Extracts information out of
XML and Rational RESTful
interfaces (RequisitePro,
ClearCase, ClearQuest,
TestManager, Quality
Manager, etc.)
ƒ Supports 4 Output formats:
Word, Html, PDF and XSL-FO
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DOORS
TAU
Native
API's
Data Sources
Other REST enabled tools
(e.g., RSA, Rhapsody, etc.)
CQ Client
CC Client
ReqPro Client
TestManager Client
Native REST
Services
RPC
RPE REST
Data Services
RQM
Output
Generation
Local RPE
Launcher App
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XML Files
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XSL-FO
etc....
LEGEND
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Apache Tomcat or
WAS
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Schema Discovery
Data Configuration
Architecture
schema
discovers
source
RPE Document Studio
RPE Launcher
Tool
extracts
invokes
generates
File System
Document.dsx
creates
uses
creates
•Template Reference
•Login Information
•Variable Values
•Word .dot
•Macros
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Template.dta
•Schema
•Template
•Bitmaps
•Styles
•Variables
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Rational Publishing Engine - Components
“Document Studio” for
creating templates
“Tool Integrations” for generating “Launcher” – for managing
document generation
documents from within tools
Reports in multiple formats (e.g. Microsoft Word, PDF, HTML, XSL-FO)
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