Technology Supporting the eRez Software
For unsurpassed speed, avaialability and scalability, the Image Server is implemented as pure Java and designed to run on any Java 5 enabled platform. An ICC compliant colour management system guarantees consistent color fidelity across different media.

The Image Server can be installed on any server on the network including existing web server. Language and lay-out can be fully customized by editing the html templates.

Create Your Own Graphical User Interface
If you don’t want to use the Graphical Web Interface that comes with the downloadable eRez you have the opportunity to customize it!
 
All eRez functions like logon, upload, download, modification of images etc., can be accessed as standard HTTP “get” or “post” requests. You will find the complete description of how to use the commands in the HTTP Command Reference.

In eRez all dynamic HTML pages and e-mail messages are created by means of Apache Velocity. Velocity is a Java-based template engine. Web page designers can reference variables and methods directly defined in Java code. Velocity separates Java code from the web pages, making the web site more maintainable over the long run and providing a viable alternative to Java Server Pages (JSPs) or PHP. Furthermore another advantage of using Velocity is that an average web-developer will be able to use it within a day. This means you don’t have to invest time and energy!
 
For further details see the documentation - Http Command Reference and Velocity Template Engine

What about a SOAP Integration?
The SOAP interface of the Image Server makes parts of the Image Server functionality available for programmatic access from other software packages. In the same way that humans can use the Graphical Web Interface of the server to retrieve information and process images on the server, the SOAP Web Service can be used by other software programs to retrieve information and process images.
The SOAP interface is completely independent of platform and programming language and is supported by JAVA, .NET and many other development environments.

For further details see the documentation - SOAP Integration

Content Search
The Image Server implements an advanced search engine that makes it possible to search inside all image information and meta information. The Image Server can even be configured for searches inside PDF documents. Among other technical terms it supports wildcard, fuzzy, proximity, boosting etc.
Special plug-ins can be developed for the Server that allows users to search inside other types of documents.

For further details see the documentation - Working with Indexing and Hot Folders

Develop your own Plugins
It is possible to set your own subscriber that will take action whenever a file is adder or modified in the file system.
Plug-ins capable of building previews (such as the Plug-In for EPS, Illustrator, PDF and CAD files) will be invoked as needed in order to keep the previews up to date.

For further details see the documentation - Configuring Plug-Ins