If you are planning on using a remote publishing process, you must install either WebSphere® Application Server or Apache Tomcat before you can deploy the Web Services application and Reporting Data Services Adapters.
When you install Rational Publishing Engine, you have the option of installing the web applications, which include Web Services application and Data Services application. See Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine remote and data services on a server for organizational use.
You can relocate resource and time-consuming publishing operations to another computer or server by using the Rational Publishing Engine Web Services application. The Web Services application enables you to allocate document generation jobs to a remote server rather than a local computer, to monitor those jobs from an administrative user interface, and manage a Central Management component for your organizational assets that can be used to design documents in Rational Publishing Engine. See Deploying the Web Services application.
To design templates and create document specifications, users must have the Document Studio and Launcher applications installed on their computers. After installation is complete, users can connect to the remote services and data sources to begin designing documents for their organization. See Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine clients for design use.
Add-ins are available for IBM Rational DOORS® and IBM Rational Tau integrations. These add-ins enable you to start publishing processes directly from Rational DOORS or Rational Tau.
You can install the add-ins during the Rational Publishing Engine installation. See Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine clients for design use. If a valid installation of one of those products is found, the add-ins are automatically selected to install. However, you can also install the add-ins later. See Installing the Rational DOORS and Rational Tau add-ins.