| This is documentation for Semarchy xDI 2023.1, which is no longer actively maintained. For more information, see our Global Support and Maintenance Policy. | 
Base Component
Overview
The Base Component contains the core technologies resources of Semarchy xDI. It is required by various other Components and is included in a default Semarchy xDI Designer.
Install the Base Component
If you did not install it yet, install the Base component in Designer by following the component installation process.
Supported Features
| Feature | Description | 
|---|---|
| Default databases | |
| Send and receive emails | |
| File Management | 
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| Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) | Connectivity to databases through ODBC. | 
| Security Management | 
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| SOAP Web Services | Reverse-engineering and call of SOAP Web Services. | 
| Utilities | 
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Sub-Metadata support
The Base component lets you create Sub-Metadata for FTP and SSH technologies from _server_ Metadata nodes, and for HSQL technology as an RDBMS Sub-Metadata object.
To learn more about Sub-Metadata, see Work with Sub-Metadata.