<s>
Oracle	B-Application
XML	I-Application
Publisher	I-Application
(	O
XMLP	O
)	O
is	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
latest	O
reporting	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
reporting	O
problems	O
faced	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
with	O
Oracle	B-Application
E-Business	I-Application
Suite	I-Application
11.5.10	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
integrated	O
into	O
most	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Products	O
including	O
JD	O
Edwards	O
EnterpriseOne	O
application	O
8.12	O
and	O
PeopleSoft	O
Enterprise	O
9	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
version	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
Publisher	O
Enterprise	O
with	O
no	O
dependency	O
on	O
Oracle	B-Application
Applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
XML	B-Protocol
Publisher	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
BI	O
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
Suite	O
it	O
was	O
re-branded	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Publisher	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
can	O
format	O
any	O
well-formed	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
,	O
allowing	O
integration	O
with	O
any	O
system	O
that	O
can	O
generate	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
including	O
Web	O
Services	O
or	O
any	O
data	O
source	O
available	O
through	O
JDBC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BI	O
Publisher	O
report	O
templates	O
can	O
be	O
designed	O
using	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
(	O
standalone	O
only	O
)	O
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
(	O
standalone	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Templates	O
created	O
using	O
these	O
tools	O
contain	O
embedded	O
fields	O
with	O
properties	O
that	O
determine	O
how	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
will	O
be	O
merged	O
into	O
the	O
template	O
,	O
using	O
Extensible	B-Language
Stylesheet	I-Language
Language	I-Language
syntax	O
to	O
precisely	O
match	O
the	O
server	O
's	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Template	O
Builder	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
that	O
simplifies	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Rich	O
Text	O
Format	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
and	O
HTML	B-Language
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XML	B-Protocol
Publisher	O
templates	O
can	O
be	O
designed	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
5.00	O
and	O
above	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
native	O
form	O
field	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
10.1.3.3	O
release	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
BI	I-Application
Publisher	I-Application
offers	O
support	O
for	O
Adobe	O
Corporation	O
's	O
new	O
document	O
format	O
for	O
building	O
interactive	O
forms	O
and	O
reports	O
,	O
called	O
Flex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
build	O
Flex	O
templates	O
,	O
test	O
them	O
on	O
your	O
desktop	O
,	O
and	O
deploy	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
BI	O
Publisher	O
server	O
to	O
generate	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
using	O
the	O
tools	O
mentioned	O
above	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
also	O
upload	O
existing	O
XSL	B-Language
stylesheets	I-Language
to	O
run	O
with	O
BI	O
Publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BI	O
Publisher	O
supports	O
the	O
generation	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
from	O
SQL	O
queries	O
,	O
web	O
services	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
HTTP	O
servers	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
LDAP	O
queries	O
,	O
MDX	O
queries	O
(	O
starting	O
10.1.3.4.1	O
)	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
ADF	O
view	O
objects	O
(	O
11g	O
)	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
EXCEL	I-Application
files	O
(	O
11g	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
to	O
any	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
is	O
fed	O
through	O
the	O
templates	O
to	O
produce	O
XSL	B-Language
Formatting	I-Language
Objects	I-Language
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
transformed	O
into	O
most	O
popular	O
output	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
HTML	B-Language
format	O
can	O
be	O
sent	O
to	O
email	O
while	O
a	O
PDF	B-Application
format	I-Application
sent	O
to	O
the	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
