I think that what Lennart meant was that the CMS is often tightly integrated with the webserver. Two examples I know where this is the case are Vignette and Microsoft CMS products, both of which intercept use an ISAPI filter to intercept the HTTP request from the browser before the webserver gets a chance to deal with it in the normal way (i.e. when the webserver is serving static HTML files from its filesystem). In this instance there is not communication between the webserver and CMS as such.
If the integration between the webserver and the CMS isn't so tight, perhaps the CMS generates static files, then other methods of outputting pages to the webserver might be via the filesystem, FTP, SOAP the list goes on. It is very much determined by the CMS and the implementation. If the CMS is dealing with remote servers (perhaps partner or customer servers on another network) then the possibilities are even greater as some systems support content echange standards, such as ICE, RosettaNet and even EDI. ============== Jason Burton CM Consultant cScape Strategic Internet Services www.cscape.com =============== > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Suju Krishnan > Sent: 18 October 2002 19:40 > To: CM News; Lennart Regebro; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [cms-list] Fw: Requirement Analysis on CMS. > > > Hi , > Actually I meant "standard protocols" , > I understand that for the CMS to speak to the web-server some mode of > communication is needed > it could use some of the TCP/IP protocol (FTP for example ) > ,That's how > the CMS updates a web server ,if at all the web server is remote > to the CMS. > > But Lennart told me that the "web-server is the CMS" (Now I'm > under the > presumption that anything could be the CMS ). > > Suju... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CM News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lennart Regebro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Suju Krishnan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:12 AM > Subject: RE: [cms-list] Fw: Requirement Analysis on CMS. > > > > > > I was hoping that someone was going to answer this questions > knowledgeably - > > as I was not sure I could understand it, nor know the answer, but it > sounds > > interesting. > > Suju - please explain your questions what do you mean standards, > protocols, > > like J2EE for example? Did Lennart answer your questions? > > Pdm > > > > > > From: "Suju Krishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 1.What protocols are ideal the communication between the > > > Web-server and the CMS.Are there any de-facto standards > > > on this or is it a mere implementation issue. > > > > A common solution is that the web server is the CMS, so I would say that > it > > is a mere implementation issue. I actually have a hard time > realizing how > > this could be made standard at all. :-) Lennart > > > > > > -- > http://cms-list.org/ > trim your replies for good karma. > -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
