10. A method comprising: creating a portage page of a web portal, the web portal running on one or more computing devices: describing the portal page at least by using one or more ontology-based dictionaries; installing one or more portlets within the portal page, each portlet associated with the ontology-based dictionaries, each portlet proving content for the portal page; a broker facilitating interaction between the portal page and the portlets by using the ontology-based dictionaries such that properties of the portlets and properties of the portal pages that are differently named but correspond to a same attribute are equated as identical via the ontology-based dictionaries; and, displaying the portal page including the portlets on a display device for viewing by a user.
10. A method comprising: creating a portage page of a web portal, the web portal running on one or more computing devices: describing the portal page at least by using one or more ontology-based dictionaries; installing one or more portlets within the portal page, each portlet associated with the ontology-based dictionaries, each portlet proving content for the portal page; a broker facilitating interaction between the portal page and the portlets by using the ontology-based dictionaries such that properties of the portlets and properties of the portal pages that are differently named but correspond to a same attribute are equated as identical via the ontology-based dictionaries; and, displaying the portal page including the portlets on a display device for viewing by a user. 13. The method of claim 10 , wherein describing the portal page at least by using the ontology-based dictionaries comprises defining the portal page via a syntax describing the portal page, the syntax formatted in accordance with a markup language, and via specification of one or more of the ontology-based dictionaries.