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MapGuide Architecture


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1.0October 31, 2008Bruce DechantInitial public revision
1.0November 4, 2008Bruce DechantUpdated various sections

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Related Documents
  3. Terms and Definitions
  4. High Level View
    1. Client Tier View
      1. AJAX VIEWER
      2. DWF VIEWER
      3. FUSION VIEWER
      4. MAESTRO
      5. SITE ADMINISTRATOR
    2. Web Tier View
    3. Server Tier View
    4. Interaction Model
  5. Server Component Architecture
  6. Web Tier Component Architecture
  7. Configuration Settings
  8. TBD

Overview

This document describes the MapGuide architecture. The MapGuide server is based on the ACE (ADAPTIVE Communications Environment) framework.

Related Documents

DocumentLink
ACE (ADAPTIVE Communication Environment)http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
AGG (Anti-Grain Geometry)http://www.antigrain.com/
Oracle Berkeley DB XMLhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/index.html

Terms and Definitions

TermDefinition
ACEADAPTIVE Communication Environment
AGGAnti-Grain Geometry
APIApplication Programming Interface
Data connectionA connection between the server and underlying data stores.
DTDXML Document Type Definition
FDOFeature Data Objects
FDO connectionA connection between the server and underlying FDO data store.
FIFOFirst In First Out
HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol
LDAPLightweight Directory Access Protocol
RDBMSRelational Database Management System
SMPSymmetric Multiprocessing
SQLStructured Query Language
TCP/IPTransmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol
XMLeXtensible Markup Language
XMLDBNative XML Database
XPathXML Path Language
XQueryXML Query Language
XSDXML Schema Definition

High Level View

The following diagram shows the MapGuide web-based platform 3-tier architecture.

3-tier Architecture

Client Tier View

AJAX VIEWER

The AJAX Viewer is a pure DHTML viewer based on AJAX technology that does not require any downloadable plug-ins. This viewer works in all major browsers on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

DWF VIEWER

The DWF Viewer embeds the downloadable Autodesk DWF Viewer which is based on a Microsoft ActiveX Control with full support for the Autodesk DWF format. This viewer works in Microsoft Internet Explorer only.

FUSION VIEWER

Built primarily in JavaScript, Fusion is a web mapping application development framework. Fusion allows web designers and developers to build rich mapping applications quickly and easily. Using “widgets” that provide the interface functionality within Fusion’s modular architecture, developers are able to add, remove, or modify functionality using standard-compliant HTML and CSS. Fusion requires no proprietary browser plug-ins, and it produces applications that work in all major browsers on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Fusion provides a flexible means of interacting with MapGuide Open Source. Using a growing suite of widgets, this modular-based system allows you to build powerful, interactive AJAX applications quickly with minimal programming experience. For applications requiring special functionality, Fusion provides an extensible platform that allows you to develop your own widgets.

MAESTRO

TBD

SITE ADMINISTRATOR

The MapGuide Site Administrator is an application for managing your site and its servers. This application uses a web-based interface that you can access from any web browser. To start the program, open a browser and enter: http://servername:port/mapguide/mapadmin/login.php, using the name of the site server and port that you specified during installation. You use the MapGuide Site Administrator to add and remove servers, take servers offline for maintenance, modify the configuration of a server, assign services to the servers, and monitor the status of any server. The MapGuide Site Administrator is not a separate product component, but it is installed as a part of the MapGuide Web Server Extensions.

Web Tier View

TBD

Server Tier View

TBD

Interaction Model

The following diagram shows the interaction between the various tiers.

Interaction Client, Web, Server

The following diagram shows the interaction between servers.

Interaction Server to Server

Server Component Architecture

Server

TBD

Web Tier Component Architecture

Web

TBD

Configuration Settings

TBD

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