Stuart C. Wells is senior vice president of iPlanet Products and is responsible for the iPlanet product development and product marketing functions. Stuart holds a BS in electrical and electronic engineering, an MS in digital techniques, and a PhD. in video and image compression, all from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Stuart also earned an MBA from Santa Clara University, California, and attended Stanford University's Executive Business Program.
Recently, the first formal request for a new standard concerning the API
between portals and portlets was submitted to the Java Community Process for
review.
Java Specification Request (JSR) 168 proposes a standardized interface that
allows so-called portlets to be written in a way that makes them universally
applicable across all portals from all vendors. Once realized, JSR 168 will
have a far-reaching impact and will represent a significant step forward in
defining portlets as a prime interface to Web services, which can be
conveniently aggregated and personalized within portals.
To understand the long-term consequences of JSR 168, it's useful to review
the role of both Web services and Web-based portals in the development of
application software targeted at the Internet. The concept of Web services
has energized the realm of application development by providing a... (more)
Stuart C. Wells is senior vice president of iPlanet Products and is
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