XQuery/Filling Portlets

Motivation

You want to be able to create reports that work with industry standard portals. These systems have standard div tags with class attributes that are standardized.

For example the searchbox for a page will have the following XHTML:

<div class="portal-searchbox">
</div>

Method

We will create a report that is structured as a set of divs with the appropriate class tags. We can then take the URL for this report and add it to the portal management system. Our report will automatically be styled according to the central portal style sheet.

Portal software allows These divs need to be filled by XQueries:

• portal-wrapper
• portal-top
• portal-header
• portal-breadcrumbs
• portal-searchbox
• portal-advanced-search
• portal-footer
• portal-colophon
• portal-personaltools