Generating documents

IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine uses web architecture to extract data and generate documents. It supports data retrieval from sources by using either the REST architecture, native filters, or XML. The document specification file connects the data source with the document template. The document template is designed and structured from the data source schema. Documents can be generated into Microsoft Word, HTML, PDF, or XSL-FO formats.

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Transferring document generation

Without any customization, document generation runs on your local computer and consumes a license to generate the document. If your organization chooses to use it, the Web Services application allows you to transfer document generation from your local computer to a remote server. When you are generating documents with large amounts of data, the speed is of the process is generally faster when you generate documents remotely rather than locally. Remote document generation consumes two licenses during the output generation process.

Rational Publishing Engine offers the use of Rational DOORS® and Rational Tau add-ins with the installation. These add-ins allow you to publish documents directly from the Rational DOORS or Rational Tau interfaces without opening the Rational Publishing Engine clients.


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