Content Services

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Content Services

• Ron Daniel Jr.
• Standards Architect
• rdaniel_at_interwoven.com

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Outline

• Purpose
• Suggested Requirements
• Suggested Features
• Suggested Architecture
• Suggested Interfaces

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Disclaimer

• The following requirements, features, interfaces,
  are simply some suggestions for the WSRP TC
• The TC process will determine the REAL
  requirements, features, interfaces,

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Purpose - What is the problem WSRP istrying to
solve?

• Overall problem managing content in Portals
• Content Management Functions
• Creation, Versioning, Workflow, Enhancement,
• Portals imply
• Broad user base, many tools, formats,
• Considerable content, sorting wheat from chaff?
• Problem yes, in-scope ?
• Primary difficulty is the impedance mismatch
  between specialist CM functions and broad user
  base
• Secondary issue is technical - how to interface
  between portal servers and content management
  services

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Suggested Requirements

• Users must be able to
• View list of tasks and respond to them
• Editing content or simply approving
• Surf edit portal content
• Add, delete, edit content (files and forms) from
  CM portlet/gadget
• Tag content with metadata
• Sophisticated merging of content versions is an
  anti-requirement
• Web service architecture is TCs chartered
  purpose (WSDL, SOAP, XML, HTTP, Motherhood, apple
  pie, )

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Suggested Features

• For ease-of-use, the repository should look like
  a file system
• Wide variety of file formats must be supported
• Locking functionality should allow
  exclusive-write in order to avoid complex merging
• Permissions appropriate to users role

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Suggested Architecture
Content Services
Portal Content
Updated Content
Content Deployment
(Virtual) File System
Workflow Specifications and Active Jobs
Metadata
Web/ Apps/ Portal Server
SOAP Request
CS Server Stubs
Data Entry Forms and Captured Data
SOAP Response
Metadata
Vendor Extensions through URLs
Users, Groups, Roles
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Suggested Interfaces

• File Management
• List directory, read/write/delete file, bulk file
  import, get file info, get/set metadata,
• Workflow
• newTask, getTasks, updateTask, finishTask,
  removeTask,
• Collaboration
• Edit file, submit, undo changes, synch,
• Data Entry
• listForms, submitForm, updateRecord,

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QA