2 Magma Introduction

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for Users and Administrators

Module 1 : Introduction to Alfresco

28/06/09228 de junio de 2009Alfresco for Users and Administrators

Course Objectives

Understanding of all key concepts and features relevant for end users and administrators– Alfresco Enterprise Version

Proficiency with using Web Client for content management

Introduction to customizing Alfresco for your particular needs

Acquire fundamentals necessary to drill down and learn more– Wikis– Forums


Course Modules

Introduction to Alfresco

Getting Started with Alfresco

Document Management

User Management

Security Management

Customizing User Interface


Module 1 : Introduction to Alfresco


Introduction to Alfresco

Alfresco Overview

Architecture Overview

Alfresco Products

Key Features

Road Map

Demo


Alfresco Company Background

Founded by a team that has been building Enterprise Content Management Systems for 15 years

Open Source and Commercial visible source– Low-cost and widely available, but professional

Core development team based in UK– Contributors around the world


What is Alfresco

Centralized repository of content– Documents– Business objects

Services for managing and transforming content

Web-based client application

Microsoft Windows integration

Programmatic interfaces


Alfresco architecture

Enterprise grade– High performance– Robust– Scalable

Extensible– Pluggable modules– Numerous public interfaces– Customizable content types and aspects

Open– Source code– Standards– Application Programmer Interfaces


Alfresco Architecture - Detail

Repository Search Behaviour

Services

Pluggable AspectsPluggable ServicesContent Type System

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Web Environment

Embeddable Container (Stand-alone, Application Server, Apache)

RDBMS

Content Service APIs (Java / Script / Web Services)

• Nodes, Links & Hierarchies• Persistence and Storage• Security (User, Access Control)• Versioning• Categories• Events• XML• I18N

• Index• FTS• Query Language• Path• Category• Report• External (Virtual)• Pluggable Index Engine

• Workflow (state, transition)• Actions (Java, script)• Outgoing / Incoming Events• Resource Assignment• Access Control• Audit• Pluggable BPM Engine

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Activiti Open Source Content Management Framework - Features

• Meta Data (repo, search, behaviour)• Implementation• Invocation• Script Integration• Aspects & Services

• File System • Transformation• Composition• Categorisation• Web Navigation

• Version• Translate• Approve• Effective• Dublin Core

• Summary• Archive• Thumbnail• Lockable• …

• E-mail• RSS• …

Content Management Web Client

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JSR-223

Other Environments

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•Portlet•Standalone

•JSF Components•No plug-ins or ActiveX


Two editions

Open Source / Community Network– Comprehensive feature set

Enterprise Network– Adds distributed high availability, – Clustering, and– Single sign-on support


Key Features

Smart Spaces

Desktop File Access

Auditable Content

Workflow

Categories

Advanced Search

Administration


Key Features (Release 1.2)

Administration – LDAP Support, Document Level Permissions exposed in web client, Upgrade Administration, Export/Import Permission support, Guest Access

Standards Support – JSR 170 Level 2, RSS

Customization – Web Services Starter-Kit

Content Contribution – CIFS URL to access web client

Team Collaboration – Forums/Threaded Discussions on a document or a space

Advanced Search – Multiple Category and Object Type support. Saved Searches.

Other – JBoss portal 2.2 and Firefox 1.5 support


Administration

LDAP Support

Document Level Permissions – Expose the ability of the server to support document level permissions through the web client interface

Upgrade Administration – The ability to externalize customizations and enable automatic migration

Export/Import – Support permissions

Guest Access – Allow access to public areas with no username or password


Standards Support

JSR 170 Support– Write Support– Locking– XML Import– Versioning– JCR SQL- like query language

Web Services Starter- kit– JAVA,PHP, .Net Remote Access support

RSS– Template - driven


Customization

Web Services Start-Kit – Simple jar file for easy-to-use Web Service development. Extension of Web Services API to support Rules, Actions, Access Control and Administration


Content Contribution

CIFS – Access to URL for advanced functionality in web client. Access to extended attributes and other actions


Advanced Search

Support for more Advanced Searches – Multiple category and object type support. Searches can be saved


Team Collaboration

Forum Support – Nested discussions available on a document or a space available as a drop-down menu


Road Map

Open Version– Web Content Management – Collaboration Tools – Wiki – Image Management – Scripting – Extended Portlet Architecture – Personalization – Extended Workflow Capabilities – Extended Rules – Content Stores


Road Map

Enterprise Version – Extended Federated Search – BPEL Integration – Master-Master Replication


Summary

Alfresco Overview

Architecture Overview

Alfresco Products

Key Features

Road Map

Demo

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