System and method for improved remote portlet communications

A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor in a consumer coordinating the interaction between a remote portlet and a web portal framework, cause a system to:

• receive, in the consumer system of the web portal framework, a set of data structures in a service description document for the remote portlet, each data structure defining at least one event handled by the remote portlet, and each data structure generated from a corresponding data structure on a remote producer system, the corresponding data structures defining events within a producer providing the remote portlet;
• detect an event from among the events handled by the remote portlet, the event relating to the remote portlet and comprising a change in the web portal framework;
• and
• notify the remote portlet of the event by utilizing information within the service description document for the remote portlet.

A consumer system configured to:

• receive a plurality of data structures in a service description document for a remote portlet, each data structure defining events handled by the remote portlet, and generated from a corresponding data structure on a remote producer system, the corresponding data structures defining events within a framework of a producer providing the remote portlet;
• detect event from among the events handled by the remote portlet, the event relating to the remote portlet, the event comprising a change in the web portal framework;
• and
• notify the remote portlet of the event by utilizing information within the service description document for the remote portlet.