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In XperienCentral, a component is a small piece of software that serves provides a particular service. This may be a GUI component, but can also be a headless service. Each component has is of a particular component type which identifies the properties and logic the component servesprovides. In XperienCentral the possible component types are:
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Multiple plugins can be combined into a WCA, a WebManager Component Archive. This is in particular particularly useful for system administrators : because it is a set of plugins that can be uploaded into an XperienCentral installation with only in a single update.
Plugin Certification
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