1. PROJECT CUMULUS Tim Strong 14 | 10 | 2010 High Level Functional Specication

2. 14 | 10 | 2010page 2/4Project Cumulus PROJECT CUMULUS HIGH LEVEL FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION A Centrally Hosted ACMS Environment Comprising Of: Secure HTTPS Connectivity To Individual Client Web Sites Individual Client Database Instances On A Single Database Server Agresso Smart Client Via Citrix Or Application Managed Service For Systems Administration To Implement Microsoft ISA Server/Forefront Server To Manage Authentication ENVIRONMENT:

3. 14 | 10 | 2010page 3/4Project Cumulus PROJECT CUMULUS HIGH LEVEL FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION Secure HTTPS Connectivity To Individual Web Services Instances Per Client Organisation To Provide A Curriculum Web Service That Will Be XCRI Compliant (See Detailed Spec.) To Provide A Resource Web Service For Inbound Traffic Only That Will Be Used To Populate The ABW HR Module Within The Centrally Hosted ACMS Installation. To Provide An Attributes Web Service, Which Will Be Two-way For The Retrieval And Updating Of Attribute Values (Reference Data) All Web Services Will Conform To XML & SOAP Standards WEB SERVICES:

4. 14 | 10 | 2010page 4/4Project Cumulus PROJECT CUMULUS HIGH LEVEL FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION Using The Microsoft BizTalk SQL LOB Adapter We Will Monitor For Table Changes From Within ACMS The BizTalk Orchestration Will Retrieve Change Data, Provide Transforms, And Allow For The Output Of Data To External Systems TO BE DEFINED: A List Of External Systems To Be Used For The Testing Of The Proof Of Concept Orchestration (Workflow) Requirements INTEGRATION: