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Type	Description
Applet	Renders a Java Applet in a uPortal Channel.
[Image]	A container for rendering media, not just graphic images. It supports any type of media that can be displayed or played through the browser including graphics, flash objects, movies and audio. Exactly which formats can be supported, ie PNG vs GIF or MOV vs WAV is dependant on the end user's browser.
[Inline Frame]	Similar to the Image Channel, the Inline Frame is a container for displaying HTML content. The content in an Inline Frame channel does not go through the uPortal framework, so it does NOT have to be well formed XHTML.
RSS	Renders an RSS document of type 0.90, 0.9x or 1.0. No support is provided for RSS 1.0 modules.
Web Proxy	Similar to the Inline Frame Channel Type in that it is a contain from HTML content. However, it requires well formed XHTML and can also render an XML application.
[WSRP Consumer]	Renders Web Services applications as defined by the Oasis WSRP v1.0 standard.
XML Transformation	Renders an XML fragment which is validated by an XSLT stylesheet.
JSR-168 Portlet	Renders a JSR-168 Portlet
Custom	Customized channel content with all required resources provided by the writer of the channel.