IBM Lotus
and WebSphere Portal
Business
Solutions Catalog
The definitive
destination for
value-add
assets for all our
products, solutions
and offerings
Overview
The IBM Lotus and WebSphere Portal
Business Solutions Catalog is the premier destination for solutions
from IBM Business Partners, IBM Product Teams, IBMers and Individual
Contributors. The Catalog is designed with a Web2.0 browsing pattern
and social features such as: rating, tagging, commenting and sharing
to enhance the Catalog experience. The Catalog is open to all Lotus
Greenhouse members (registration is free) or browse the Catalog
before becoming a member. Powered by Domino XPages
technology, come see what's new in the Catalog today!
Access the Catalog at the following
URLs:
http://catalog.lotus.com
http://greenhouse.lotus.com/catalog
URL
Parameters
Several parameters can be used to guide
an audience to perspective solutions. The parameters can be assigned
on the URL to specific pages.
The Catalog home page has been
parameterized to accept values which allow a subset of solutions to
be displayed that match the given parameter values. The following
table contains the list of parameters that can be added to the URL of
the home_full.xsp page.
Base URL:
http://greenhouse.lotus.com/catalog/home_full.xsp
Parameter Name
|
Description
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fSolutionArea
|
Any of the Solution Areas listed in the Catalog home page
filter UI.
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fProduct
|
Any of the Products listed in the Catalog home page filter UI.
|
fIndustry
|
Any of the Industries listed in the Catalog home page filter
UI.
|
fSearchValue
|
Any full text search pattern.
|
fCategoryFilter
|
Any tag.
|
fProvider
|
Any Provider name.
|
fProviderId
|
This is the document id for a solution provided by fProvider.
Used to display Provider logo and details at the top of the page.
|
fSubmitter
|
Any name of a person who has submitted a solution. This can be
a common name or e-mail address
|
fSubmitterId
|
This is the e-mail address of the person who is given by
fSubmitter. Used to display the person's details at the top of
the page.
|
Each solution details page accepts the
usual Domino parameters to display a solution. Solutions added to
the Catalog will keep the same document id which can be used to
reference the solution from an external URL. The following table
contains the parameters which must be added to the URL of the
assetDetails.xsp page.
Base URL:
http://greenhouse.lotus.com/catalog/assetDetails.xsp
Parameter Name
|
Description
|
action
|
Must be editDocument to be able to use the social
features such as: rating, tagging, commenting and sharing.
|
documentId
|
The Domino document id assigned to the solution when it is
created in the Catalog. This document id will not change when
editing and re-publishing solutions.
|
Atom
Feeds
Atom feeds are available for
consumption in a standard feed reader. The feeds can be generated
for lists of solutions or lists of comments for any particular
solution.
When navigating the Catalog, links to
Atom feeds are identified by the Atom feed icon. The links to the
Atom feeds contain the same filter parameters used in the URL to the
page. So any Atom feed can be requested using the same parameters
that are available for page navigation. The following table contains
the parameters that can be added to the getWidgetFeed?openAgent
Atom feed generating agent.
Base URL:
http://greenhouse.lotus.com/catalog/getWidgetFeed?openAgent
Parameter Name
|
Description
|
fSolutionArea
|
Any of the Solution Areas listed in the Catalog home page
filter UI.
|
fProduct
|
Any of the Products listed in the Catalog home page filter UI.
|
fIndustry
|
Any of the Industries listed in the Catalog home page filter
UI.
|
fSearchValue
|
Any full text search pattern.
|
fCategoryFilter
|
Any tag.
|
fProvider
|
Any Provider name.
|
fProviderId
|
This is the document id for a solution provided by fProvider.
Not used by Atom feed generator
|
fSubmitter
|
Any name of a person who has submitted a solution. This can be
a common name or e-mail address
|
fSubmitterId
|
This is the e-mail address of the person who is given by
fSubmitter. Not used by Atom feed generator.
|
The following table contains the
solution entry attributes returned by the Atom feed.
Attribute
|
Description
|
title
|
Solution title.
|
link
|
Link to the solution details page in the Catalog.
|
id
|
Solution id, also the solution's Domino document id.
|
updated
|
Solution creation date.
|
published
|
Solution modification date.
|
summary
|
Solution short description.
|
Each solution details page contains a
link to the Atom feed of the comments for that particular solution.
The following table contains the parameters which must be added to
the getWidgetCommentsFeed?openAgent
Atom feed generating agent.
Base URL:
http://greenhouse.lotus.com/catalog/getWidgetCommentsFeed?openAgent
Parameter Name
|
Description
|
unid
|
The Domino document id assigned to the solution when it is
created in the Catalog. This document id will not change when
editing and re-publishing solutions.
|
The following
table contains the comment entry attributes returned in the Atom
feed.
Attribute
|
Description
|
title
|
Solution title.
|
link
|
Link to the solution details page in the Catalog.
|
id
|
Comment id, also the comment's Domino document id (different
from solution id).
|
published
|
Comment creation date.
|
author
|
Contains attributes.
|
author.name
|
Comment author's fully qualified name.
|
content
|
The comment.
|
Widgets
Looking for widgets to advertise the
Catalog on external pages? See the widget: essentialsIframe.htm for
some sample code. The Essentials widget displays the featured
solutions list one at a time in a rotating carousel pattern.
essentialsIframe.htm
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Essentials
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