ADEP product architecture

ADEP uses a combination of server systems intended for deployment in both in the Web tier as well as in the enterprise tier (behind corporate firewalls). Typically deployed in the Web tier, Adobe® Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services provides capabilities for content and applications. Deployed in the enterprise tier, Adobe® Digital Enterprise Platform Document Services provides capabilities for documents, information assurance, and processes. Together these services enable you to create solutions that incorporate intuitive web-based user experiences and integrate with back-end processes to efficiently serve and communicate with customers and employees.

The following diagram shows the main components of the ADEP architecture along with clients, tooling, and the integration with external systems.

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Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Product Architecture

Features

ADEP provides a range of integrated services and frameworks needed to build a solution along modular development principles and support for a wide variety of clients. The ADEP modular architecture enables you to reduce the complexity of Customer Experience Solutions by separating them into smaller independent components. This architecture permits separate teams to develop and test the components in isolation.

ADEP provides the following frameworks and services.

Experience Services

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Experience Services - Core (CRX) 2.2:
Provides the Adobe® Digital Enterprise Experience Services - Content Repository, Web framework, and Java runtime container for your application.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Experience Services - Composite Application Framework 10.0:
Allows you to deploy and manage a web application as modular components (based on both Flash and HTML) that are managed in the Content Repository and customized by end users.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Experience Services - Client Component Framework 10.0:
Provides the dynamic plug-in runtime for Flex applications.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Experience Services - Data Services:
Provides the server-side framework for remoting, messaging, and data management.

Task Management:
Provides User Task Management, with the option of using Content Repository for persistence of task data or integration with Document Server, to help manage business process management User Tasks within a solution.

Document Services

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - Foundation and Document Services - Common Services:
Provides the underlying server capabilities that enable the deployment, execution, and management of document processing services in an enterprise using SOA principles.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - Process Management 10.0:
Streamline human-centric business processes across your firewall.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - Forms 10.0:
Automate the deployment of interactive XML-based forms in Adobe Reader, Flash Player, or web browsers.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - Output 10.0:
Dynamically generate personalized documents on demand in print and electronic formats.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - PDF Generator 10.0:
Automate the creation and assembly of PDF documents from virtually any file format.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - Reader Extensions 10.0:
Fill, sign, comment on, or save PDF files using only Adobe Reader.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - Rights Management 10.0:
Provide document and information security. Manage usage rights to protect sensitive documents in PDF, Microsoft Office, or CAD formats.

Adobe® Digital Enterprise Document Services - Digital Signatures 10.0:
Automate the signing, certification, and validation of digital signatures in PDF documents.