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The key features of Oracle9iAS Syndication Server consist of being able to syndicate database and file system content to any Internet subscriber application using the Internet communication protocol HTTP/S in a secure way.

This illustration shows three small boxes stacked above each other on the right side representing the three content providers: database, database, and files. Oracle9iAS Syndication Server, represented as a larger box intersecting these three smaller boxes on its right side can take content in the form of structured data from databases or legacy file systems from these content providers and provide it to a subscriber application, which is represented as a tall rectangular box to the left of the Oraclei Syndication Server box.

Oracle9iAS Syndication Server can use an Internet communication protocol to either let subscriber applications pull content using HTTP or HTTPS represented as a single double-headed arrow connecting the Oracle9iAS Syndication Server box with the Subscriber box, or it can push content to a subscriber using HTTP/S and SMTP, (extensible to FTP, WAP, or other) communication protocols, represented as three single-headed arrows pointing into the right side of the Subscriber application box. Subscriber applications can then redistribute this content, represented as three arrows coming out of the left side of the Subscriber application box. Oracle9iAS Syndication Server uses delivery policies to pull or push content either by subscriber application or by subscription.