Changes to the XML configuration interface for this version of portal

 

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  1. Changed XML schema
  2. Using the XML configuration interface over a secure connection with SSL
  3. New XML resources in WebSphere Portal V6.0
  4. New XML attributes in WebSphere Portal V6.0

 

Changed XML schema

For WebSphere Portal V6.0 the XML schema has been updated to V1.4. XML scripts must specify the new version of the schema as follows: 

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <request
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="PortalConfig_1.4.xsd"
    type="export | update">
    ... configuration...
   </request>

The different versions of WebSphere Portal use the following syntax definitions for the XML configuration interface:

WebSphere Portal Version XML schema DTD public identifier DTD file name
6.0 PortalConfig_1.4.xsd n/a n/a
5.1 with PK18538 installed PortalConfig_1.3.2.xsd n/a n/a
5.1.0.1 PortalConfig_1.3.1.xsd n/a n/a
5.1 PortalConfig_1.3.xsd n/a n/a
5.0.2 PortalConfig_1.2.1.xsd n/a n/a
5.0 PortalConfig_1.2.xsd n/a n/a

Notes:

  • The later XML schemas are backward compatible with earlier versions of WebSphere Portal starting with V5.0. This means that we can run XML scripts from earlier versions of WebSphere Portal starting with V5.0 under a later version of WebSphere Portal.

  • However, earlier XML scripts that were written for WebSphere Portal Version 4.2 or previous versions are not compatible with WebSphere Portal Version 5.0 or later. To run XML scripts from WebSphere Portal Version 4.2 or earlier on a portal V5.0 or later, migrate the XML scripts from the V4.2 format to V5.0 format. For more details about how to do this, refer to the WebSphere Portal Version 5.0 information center. It is available under http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/zones/portal/proddoc.html.

 

Use the XML configuration interface over a secure connection with SSL

With WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 we can now use the XML configuration interface with SSL over a secure HTTPS connection. For details about how to do this refer to Working with the XML configuration interface.

 

New XML resources in WebSphere Portal Version 6.0

In WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 the following new resource tags have been introduced:

  • language
  • application-role
  • policy
  • user-resource

For more details about these tags refer to the XML reference.

 

New XML attributes in WebSphere Portal Version 6.0

This section lists the attributes that have been added to WebSphere Portal for Version 6.0.

New domain attribute for the default resource attributes

A new attribute domain has been added to the default resource attributes. We can use this attribute to specify in which database domain a specific resource should be stored. For the export case you also can use this attribute to export resources from a specific domain only.

New owner and parentref attributes for the portletinstance tag

Two new attributes owner and parentref have been added to the portletinstance tag. This is a new feature for personalized content, where only portlet parameters but no page structure is changed.

For more details about these attributes and how to use them refer to the XML reference.

 

Related information

  1. About the XML configuration interface
  2. Working with the XML configuration interface
  3. XML reference
  4. Reference: Sample XML configuration files
  5. Troubleshooting the XML configuration interface

 

Parent topic:

The XML configuration interface