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The base '''WebCenter Framework''' allows a user to embed [[portlet]]s, ADF Taskflows/Pages, content, and customizable components in an Oracle ADF application. All Framework pieces are integrated into the Oracle [[Jdeveloper|JDeveloper]] IDE, providing access to these resources.
'''WebCenter Services''' are a set of independently deployable collaboration services. It incorporates [[Web 2.0]] components such as content, collaboration, and communication services -{{En dash}} the full list is provided below. WebCenter Services includes Oracle ADF user interface components (called Taskflows) that can be embedded directly into ADF applications. In addition, APIs can be utilized to create custom UIs and to integrate some of these services into non-ADF applications.
Finally, '''WebCenter Spaces''' is a closed source application built on WebCenter Framework and Services that offers a prebuilt project collaboration solution. It can be compared with solutions like Microsoft SharePoint and Atlassian Confluence. There are limited mechanisms to extend this application.
Note that there is a product called '''WebCenter Interaction''' which is not built on the core WebCenter stack -{{En dash}} it is the former Plumtree portal product. Also, all Oracle portal products at Oracle are included in the '''WebCenter Suite''', which is an umbrella of products. Products can be included in the suite regardless of whether they are built on the ADF based WebCenter Framework.
WebCenter comprises furthermore several editions, among others WebCenter Suite Plus, WebCenter Portal, WebCenter Content, WebCenter Sites, WebCenter Sites Satellite Server (a distributed caching mechanism which stores and assembles "pagelets," or elements of output),<ref>{{cite web|title=WebCenter Sites Review: Strengths and Weaknesses|url=http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/oracle-webcenter-sites-review-strengths-weaknesses-023350.php|publisher=CMSWire|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> WebCenter Universal Content Management. Seven WebCenter Adapters and one WCE Management are available.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Licensing Of Oracle Technology Products|url=http://omtco.eu/references/oracle/the-licensing-of-oracle-technology-products-compliance-metrics-licensing-restrictions/|publisher=OMT-CO Operations Management Technology Consulting GmbH|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>
* People Connection – Enables users to assemble their business networks like linked-in
* Discussions -{{En dash}} Provides the ability to create and participate in threaded discussion. This is an embedded version of Forums provided by [[Jive Software]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tardate.blogspot.com/2008/01/backup-your-webcenter-wiki-yikes.html|title = Tardate 2016: Backup your WebCenter Wiki. Yikes!|date = 7 January 2008}}</ref>
* Announcements -{{En dash}} Enables users to post, personalize, and manage announcements.
* Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) -{{En dash}} Provides the ability to observe the online presence status of other authenticated users (whether online, offline, busy, or idle) and to contact them.
* Blog -{{En dash}} Enables blogging functionality within the context of an application.
* Wiki -{{En dash}} Self-service, community, oriented-content publishing and sharing.
'''Shared Services''' - Provides features for both social networking and personal productivity.
* Documents -{{En dash}} Provides content management and storage capabilities, including content upload, file and folder creation and management, file check out, versioning, and so on. WebCenter Portal includes a restricted-use license of Oracle's enterprise content management product called WebCenter Content (formerly known as Universal Content Management)
* Links -{{En dash}} Provides the ability to view, access, and associate related information; for example, you can link to a solution document from a discussion thread.
* Lists -{{En dash}} Enables users to create, publish, and manage lists. (Available only in WebCenter Spaces)
* Page - {{En dash}} Provides the ability to create and manage pages at run time.
* Tags - {{En dash}} Provides the ability to assign one or more personally relevant keywords to a given page or document. This feature is similar to the del.cio.us website.
* Events -{{En dash}} Provides group calendars, which users can use to schedule meetings, appointments, and any other type of team get-together. This feature requires deployment of a separate calendaring server, which may be Oracle Beehive or Microsoft Exchange. (Available only in WebCenter Spaces)
'''Personal Productivity Services''' -{{En dash}} Focuses on the requirements of an individual, rather than a group.
* Mail -{{En dash}} Provides integration with IMAP and SMTP mail servers to enable users to perform simple mail functions such as viewing, reading, creating, and deleting messages, creating messages with attachments, and replying to or forwarding existing messages.
* Notes -{{En dash}} Provides the ability to "jot down" and retain quick bits of personally relevant information. (Available only in WebCenter Spaces)
* Recent Activities -{{En dash}} Provides a summary view of recent changes to documents, discussions, and announcements.
* RSS -{{En dash}} Provides the ability to publish content from WebCenter Web 2.0 Services as news feeds in RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 formats.
* Search -{{En dash}} Provides the ability to search tags, services, an application, or an entire site. This makes use of a license limited version of Oracle's Secure Enterprise Search (SES) product.
* Worklist -{{En dash}} Provides a personal, at-a-glance view of business processes that require attention. These can include a request for document review and other types of business process that come directly from enterprise applications.
== Official and de facto standards support ==
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