Preface

This preface contains these topics:

• Intended Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Organization

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Intended Audience

Oracle Application Server Concepts is intended for anyone with an interest in Oracle Application Server or the latest Internet technologies.

Documentation Accessibility

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Organization

This document contains:

Chapter 1, "Introduction to Oracle Application Server"

This chapter provides an overview of application servers and Oracle Application Server.

Part I, "Development"

Chapters in this part discuss application development topics.

Chapter 2, "J2EE, Web Services, and Internet Applications"

This chapter describes the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Internet application development and deployment environment in Oracle Application Server.

Chapter 3, "Portal Applications"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server Portal features and benefits.

Chapter 4, "Wireless Applications"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server Wireless features and benefits.

Chapter 5, "Oracle Business Intelligence "

This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer features and benefits.

Chapter 6, "Oracle Application Server Integration"

This chapter describes Oracle Application Server Integration features and benefits.

Chapter 7, "Oracle Application Server Infrastructure"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server Infrastructure features and benefits.

Part II, "Deployment"

Chapters in this part discuss deployment topics.

Chapter 8, "Scalability and High Availability"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server high availability and scalability features and benefits.

Chapter 9, "Performance and Caching"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server performance and caching features and benefits.

Chapter 10, "System Management"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server system management features and benefits.

Chapter 11, "Security and Identity Management"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server security features and benefits.

Chapter 12, "Enterprise Deployments"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server recommended enterprise deployment configurations.

Glossary

The glossary defines terminology used throughout this guide and the Oracle Application Server documentation set.

Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Application Server Documentation Library

• Oracle Application Server Platform-Specific Documentation on Oracle Application Server Disk 1

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http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/

Conventions

The following conventions are also used in this manual: