text: **8.3 Client API overview**
  
  With various client options, multiple API options are available to navigate through the system 
  and access Content Manager OnDemand documents. Although the Java API that is provided 
  by Content Manager ODWEK is the API that is used most by clients and the basis for most 
  development projects, other APIs are available and used for a limited range of scenarios. 
  
  The following list shows the APIs that are available for Content Manager OnDemand: 
  
  (cid:2) Content Manager ODWEK: The Java API for Content Manager OnDemand 
  
  (cid:2) SOAP and Representational State Transfer (REST) web services that follow the CMIS 
  standard 
  
  (cid:2) Windows OLE (ActiveX control) that is provided by the Windows client 
  
  (cid:2) XML administrative API through the**ARSXML**server command 
  
  (cid:2) Structured APIs on z/OS environments 
  
  (cid:2) The standard Content Manager OnDemand server commands that serve as a 
  console-based API to work with Content Manager OnDemand documents 
  
  **8.3.1 Content Manager OnDemand Web Enablement Kit**
  
  ODWEK provides a Java API to access Content Manager OnDemand servers and their 
  documents. It is the strategic client API that provides the largest feature set of any Content 
  Manager OnDemand API. It is used by web clients, such as Content Navigator or WEBi, by 
  abstraction layers, such as Information Integrator, or by API components, such as CMIS. 