This section summarizes the features that have changed in Progress® Corticon® 6.0.0.

  • Documentation improvements The Corticon documentation has been reorganized to be more focused and to remove duplications. Notable changes include:
    • Splitting the “Integration & Deployment Guide” into two separate guides; “Server Guide” and “Deployment Guide”. The “Server Guide” covers operation of the Corticon Server. The “Deployment Guide” covers the packaging and deployment of Decision Services.
    • Combining “Deploying Web Services with Java” and “Deploying Web Services with .NET” into a single “Web Services Guide”.
    • New “Deploy Corticon Server in an Application Guide”. This guide details how to use Corticon in-process in Java and .NET applications.
  • Support for Eclipse 4.9 - Corticon Studio has been updated to Eclipse 4.9. The previous release of Corticon Studio supported Eclipse 4.5. Any plugins you add to Corticon Studio must be compatible with Eclipse 4.9. See the Eclipse documentation for changes and new features in Eclipse 4.6 through 4.9.
  • Installation of Tomcat 9.0 - Corticon 6.0 now installs a standard distribution of Tomcat 9.0 with Corticon Server. The Progress Application Server (PAS) is no longer distributed with Corticon Server. See the Apache Tomcat documentation for more details on configuring Tomcat.
  • Project validation on demand - Corticon Studio now allows the user to decide when to perform rule project validation. The automatic validation of rule projects is disabled by default. This eliminates excessive CPU usage performing validation when making multiple edits. To perform validation of a project, select Validate Project on the Project menu.
  • Vocabulary search and refactor performance - Corticon Studio vocabulary search and refactor operations have been enhanced to not be dependent on the validation of your rule project. This allows search and refactor to function correctly when automatic validation is disabled.
  • WSDL and XSD export in Corticon Studio - Corticon Studio now allows the export of Vocabulary and Ruleflow WSDL and XSD files. This simplifies publishing of service contracts for decision services. To export the WSDL or XSD, select Export WSDL or Export XSD from the Vocabulary or Ruleflow menu of the corresponding editor. See How to integrate Corticon Decision Services for more information.
  • CDD command line generation - The corticonManagement utility now supports generation of a CDD file. The CDD file generated can be used for deployment of decision services or manually edited and then used. See the topic Create a CDD file in the Deployment Guide.