ATG Core Architecture and Framework

ATG Core architecture can be explained as below:








Major modules like DAS, DAF, DPS, DSS were explained in the bottom link.

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Remaining modules like DCS, BCC, etc were explained in short in the below mentioned table.

The following tables list the module names for the main Oracle ATG Web Commerce applications, demos, and reference applications. This is not an exhaustive list of all Oracle ATG Web Commerce modules.

Module	Description
Admin.Init	Adds missing administrative accounts for the ATG Control Center. For more information, see the Managing Access Control chapter.
Admin.Reset	Resets the default login accounts for the ATG Control Center. For more information, see the Managing Access Control chapter.
DAF.Search	Enables the Oracle ATG Web Commerce platform to use Oracle ATG Web Commerce Search to index and search content from product catalogs and other repositories. See the ATG Search Administration Guide.
DAS-UI	Enables an Oracle ATG Web Commerce server to accept connections from the ATG Control Center. Note: This module must be running if you want to use the ATG Control Center.
DCC	Runs the ATG Control Center in the same JVM used by the application server that the Nucleus-based application is running on. For more information, see the ATG Installation and Configuration Guide.
DPS	Oracle ATG Web Commerce Personalization
DSS	Oracle ATG Web Commerce Scenarios
DSSJ2EEDemo	Oracle ATG Web Commerce Adaptive Scenario Engine demo (Quincy Funds).
RL	Repository Loader. Takes files that are stored in a file system, converts them into repository items, and loads the items into the repository. To learn more, see the ATG Repository Guide.
SQLJMSAdmin	Browser-based administration interface for Oracle ATG Web Commerce’s SQL JMS message system. For more information, see Using the SQL-JMS Administration Interface.

Content Administration Modules

Module	Description
AssetUI	Supports the building of browser-based user interfaces for an ATG Content Administration (versioned) environment. The module includes the Asset Picker and functionality related to it. Requires the WebUI module (see below).
BizUI	The Oracle ATG Web Commerce Business Control Center. Includes the Home page functionality.
PublishingAgent	Publishing Agent. Runs on production and staging servers and performs content deployment operations by communicating with the ATG Content Administration server.
PublishingWebAgent	Publishing web agent. Runs on the production and staging web servers and performs web content deployment operations by communicating with the ATG Content Administration server.
Publishing.base	ATG Content Administration. See the ATG Content Administration Programming Guide for more information.
Publishing.WebAppRef	The source module for the Web Application Reference Implementation provided with ATG Content Administration.
Publishing.WebAppRefVer	The versioning module for the Web Application Reference Implementation provided with ATG Content Administration.
PubPortlet	Supplies the portlets that make up the Oracle ATG Web Commerce Business Control Center interface. Including this module also causes the Publishing.base, AssetUI, and BizUI modules to be included. Include this module to perform most basic tasks in ATG Content Administration, such as product evaluation.
WebUI	Contains support for browser-based user interfaces. Examples are the tree-based asset browsing feature, a calendar widget, and the View Mapping system.

Portal Modules

Module	Description
Portal.gears	Includes the Portal Application Framework and baseline gears.
Portal.paf	Portal Application Framework (PAF). At a minimum, you must include this module to use Oracle ATG Web Commerce Portal. To learn more about the PAF, see the ATG Portal Administration Guide.
Portal.gear-name Portal.portlet-name	Includes the specified gear or portlet. For example, if you create a gear called productprices, include the module Portal.productprices.

ATG Commerce Modules

Module	Description
B2BCommerce	ATG Business Commerce Note: To run ATG Commerce, you must use one and only one of the following modules: B2BCommerce, B2BCommerce.Versioned, B2CCommerce, or B2CCommerce.Versioned.
B2BCommerce.Search	Enables Business Commerce extensions to the ATG Commerce Search. See the ATG Search Administration Guide for more information.
B2BCommerce.Versioned	Use instead of B2BCommerce module if running ATG Merchandising. (Also requires modules DCS-UI.Versioned and PubPortlet.) Note: To run ATG Commerce, you must use one and only one of the following modules: B2BCommerce, B2BCommerce.Versioned, B2CCommerce, or B2CCommerce.Versioned. Including this module also includes B2BCommerce, DCS.DynamicCustomCatalogs.Versioned, and their modules.
B2CCommerce	ATG Consumer Commerce Note: To run ATG Commerce, you must use one and only one of the following modules: B2BCommerce, B2BCommerce.Versioned, B2CCommerce, or B2CCommerce.Versioned. Including this module also includes DCS and its modules.
B2CCommerce.Versioned	Use instead of B2CCommerce module if running ATG Merchandising. (Requires the DCS-UI.management and PubPortlet modules also.) Note: To run ATG Commerce, you must use one and only one of the following modules: B2BCommerce, B2BCommerce.Versioned, B2CCommerce, or B2CCommerce.Versioned. Including this module also includes B2Commerce, DCS.Versioned, and their modules.
CommerceGears.orderapproval	Order Approval Portal Gear (Requires ATG Portal also.) Including this module also includes Portal.paf, Portal.authentication, Portal.templates, Portal.communities, B2BCommerce, and their modules.
CommerceGears.orderstatus	Order Status Portal Gear (Requires ATG Portal also.) Including this module also includes Portal.paf, Portal.authentication, Portal.templates, Portal.communities, DCS, and their modules.
Cybersource	Third-party commerce module (from CyberSource Corp.) for authorizing credit cards, crediting and settling accounts, calculating taxes, and verifying addresses. Including this module also includes DCS and its modules.
DCS	Base ATG Commerce module Including this module also includes DSS, DPS, and their modules.
DCS.AbandonedOrderServices	Provides tools for dealing with abandoned orders and shopping carts. Including this module also includes DCS and its modules.
DCS.CustomCatalogs	Runs custom catalogs in an ATG Commerce production environment, required to support pre-ATG 10.1 Commerce applications; otherwise unused.
DCS.DynamicCustomCatalogs	Runs custom catalogs in an ATG Commerce development environment. Including this module also includes DCS.CustomCatalogs and its modules.
DCS.DynamicCustomCatalogs. Versioned	Runs custom catalogs in an environment running ATG Commerce and ATG Merchandising. (Requires the DCS-UI.management and PubPortlet modules also.) Including this module also includes DCS.DynamicCustomCatalogs, DCS.CustomCatalogs.Versioned, and their modules.
DCS.PublishingAgent	Use instead of the PublishingAgent module on the target server if ATG Commerce repository items are deployed to that server. Including this module also includes PublishingAgent, DCS, and their modules.
DCS.Search	Enables ATG Commerce to use ATG Search to index and search content from product catalogs and other repositories. See the ATG Search Administration Guide.
DCS.Versioned	Use instead of DCS module if running ATG Commerce with ATG Merchandising. Including this module also includes Publishing.base, DCS, and their modules.
DCSSampleCatalog	ATG Commerce Sample Catalog Including this module also includes DCS and its modules.
Fulfillment	ATG Commerce order fulfillment Including this module also includes DCS and its modules.
MotorpriseJSP	ATG Business Commerce reference application (Motorprise) Including this module also includes B2BCommerce, DCS.AbandonedOrderServices, and their modules.
PayFlowPro	Third-party commerce module (from VeriSign) for handling credit card authorization, settlement, and crediting. Including this module also includes DCS and its modules.
Taxware	Third-party commerce module (from ADP Taxware) for calculating taxes, verifying addresses and determining tax jurisdictions. Including this module also includes DCS and its modules.

SOURCE (Oracle Docs)