Cúram web client overview

Learn about the concepts and terminology that are related to the Cúram Client Development Environment (CDEJ).

A basic understanding of Java EE development environments, XML and Web technologies such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), JavaServer Pages (JSP), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript is helpful, but not required.

• Cúram web application development is simplified by describing pages and applications in terms of their content and flow rather than the graphical look-and-feel and layout of the content.
• User interface metadata (UIM) consists of definitions in XML format that describe the contents, and, to a certain extent, the layout, of one of the main elements in the Cúram user interface, a UIM page.
• An application is a collection of user interface elements, predominantly based on UIM pages, combined to create specific content for a particular user or role.
• Graphical layout options available to a developer are restricted to enforce a consistent user interface across the whole application.