Driving Content Studio Browser Research Panels

Content Studio's research panel feature allows users to display small panels containing external information of various kinds inside the Content Studio window. There are various kinds of research panel, including a web browser panel that displays web pages. It is possible to extend the Content Engine with a plug-in that pushes URLs to such a panel. In this way it is possible to create web browser panels that are automatically updated with relevant information each time the Content Studio user opens a new section or content item for editing, or switches between open editors.

This functionality is achieved by attaching link headers to the content items the Content Engine sends in response to web service requests from Content Studio. A link header is an item of metadata: in this case, a URL referencing some resource to be displayed in a web browser panel.

If you want create plug-ins to drive web browser panels, you have two options:

• Use the default link header plug-in included with the Content Engine.

• Create your own link header plug-ins from scratch

These options are described in the following sections.