VKM Architecture

VKM components are displayed in the following diagram and described below:

VKM Administrative Application

The VKM administrative application defines report data sets, business processing rules and user security attributes. It is a Windows� work-station application requiring Windows 98� or Windows NT� SP 6.0 or higher.

VKM Spool Application

The VKM spool application processes input report data sets, converts them to their normalized format and stores the indexed data sets in de-fined output areas. It is a Windows� workstation application requiring Windows 98� or Windows NT� SP 6.0 or higher.

VKM CD/DVD Creator Application

The VKM CD/DVD creator application is a management interface into VKM that encapsulates reports into CD/DVD format.

VKM Windows Client

The VKM Windows client requests and renders document pages. It is a Windows Thick Client Application requiring Windows 98� or Windows NT� SP 6.0 or higher.

Optional Application Servers

The VKM application servers process Web client requests to render document pages. They are DCOM servers and require Windows ME� or Windows NT� SP 6.0 or higher. The application servers can co-exist on the same front-end servers as IISAPI front-end servers.

Optional IISAPI Front-End Server

The IISAPI front-end server provides presentation capabilities for web clients. The Web clients must support HTML 4.0 standards and the Mi-crosoft Document Object Model.