What is it?

• Integration of external content directly in the browser

What can it do?

• Integration of content via HTTP
• Addressing via URL
• Display as IFrame
• User name and other parameters can be transferred

What can I do with it?

• Integration of external Internet sites into the own Internet presence
• Providing of external search engines
• Summary of applications in the Intranet (e.g. Outlook Web Access)

What are the benefits?

• Fast and easy
• No programming necessary

Description

Often, a server-based integration of different applications on data level is either not possible or it entails high expenses. This is the case when the applications are not able to provide data via XML. Are the applications, however, able to provide content as web sites (HTTP), then the sites can be integrated into the own Internet presence. Using frames is usually ruled out because of the addressing via URL (search engines). The solution are IFrames: assigned parts of sites which act like frames. They can take in content of external applications and ensure that the site structure is preserved. For this functionality, the user needs the latest version of the browsers by Microsoft or Netscape.