#### Implementation Pattern

### Portal Application

#### Description

This pattern involves one key component: Portal. The portal provides integrated and highly configurable visibility and control over a range of applications. The portal often runs on top of an application server.

#### Applicability

- The need to deliver web content in multiple languages and coordinate the publication in different language renditions.
- The need for isolation between subsystems (or loose coupling), to enable localized changes reducing risk.

#### Related links

- Pattern Catalog