What is OUAF?

The Oracle Utilities Application Framework is a reusable, scalable and flexible java based framework which allows other products to be built, configured and implemented in a standard way.

The idea was that all the technical aspects would be concentrated in this separate product (i.e. a framework) and allow all products using the framework to concentrate on delivering superior functionality. The product was named the Oracle Utilities Application Framework (oufw is the product code). 

The technical components are contained in the Oracle Utilities Application Framework which can be summarized as follows:

• Metadata - for defining and using the metadata to define the runtime behavior of the product. All the metadata definition and management is contained within the OUAF.
• UI Management -for defining and rendering the pages and responsible for ensuring the pages are in the appropriate format for the locale.
• Integration - for providing the integration points to the architecture.
• Tools - a common set of facilities and tools that can be used across all products.
• Technology - for all technology standards compliance, platform support and integration.

At the present time the following products are on the Framework:

• Oracle Utilities Customer Care And Billing (V2 and above)
• Oracle Enterprise Taxation Management (V2 and above)
• Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence (V2 and above)
• Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforice Management (V2 and above)
• Oracle Revenue Management and Billing

Table Representation for Technical Components:

META DATA	UI MANAGEMENT	INTEGRATION	TOOLS	technology
Layout Personalization Scripting Roles Rules Languages Localization Business Service Business Object Maintenance Object DB Structure	ZOnes Portlas Language BPA Scripting UI Maps	XAI Web Services staging	Scheduler Dictionary Conversion To Do Security Auditing Algorithm ScriptingTools	Multi-DB XML Services J2EE AJAX SOATechnology