Comments on: Understanding the differences between Alfresco’s repository implementations http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038 Jeff Potts on ECM, portals, search, collaboration, and a bunch of personal stuff Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alfresco Forge: Blogs http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-44553 Alfresco Forge: Blogs Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:33:02 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-44553 [...] Alfresco will add functionality to the DM repository until it is on par with the AVM (See “What are the differences…“). What then? The AVM will continue to be supported, but if I were placing bets, I would not [...] [...] Alfresco will add functionality to the DM repository until it is on par with the AVM (See “What are the differences…“). What then? The AVM will continue to be supported, but if I were placing bets, I would not [...]

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]]> By: Pedro Januário http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-40719 Pedro Januário Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:51:54 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-40719 Hi Jeff, I would like start to give you congratulations by your great book and articles, your write it's very clear and simple. I have a question about versioning, by default the alfresco doesn't keep versioning of the properties created in the custom model. I have created a set of actions to create my own versioning of the properties, but that doesn't seem to be the better solutions. It's possible to configure alfresco to keep property versioning? It's very strange alfresco doesn't support it. I haven't seen nothing about this. regards Keep the good work... Hi Jeff,
I would like start to give you congratulations by your great book and articles, your write it’s very clear and simple.

I have a question about versioning, by default the alfresco doesn’t keep versioning of the properties created in the custom model.

I have created a set of actions to create my own versioning of the properties, but that doesn’t seem to be the better solutions.
It’s possible to configure alfresco to keep property versioning? It’s very strange alfresco doesn’t support it. I haven’t seen nothing about this.

regards

Keep the good work…

]]> By: jpotts http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-40711 jpotts Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:56:09 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-40711 Jean-Philippe, Alfresco WCM is an add-on to the core Alfresco product. It adds the ability to have "web project" folders, sandboxes, preview/virtualization, web forms, and deployment. Some people choose to manage web content without Alfresco WCM. They use the Alfresco DM store for everything. Obviously, they don't get to leverage the functionality Alfresco WCM brings to the table when they go that route, but sometimes that's okay. You can use the core Alfresco repository to do just about anything. The Alfresco WCM add-on should only be used for WCM use cases. I would never recommend that you try to implement typical document management uses cases solely with Alfresco WCM. If you have both DM and WCM needs, yes, you can use one Alfresco implementation to do both. One of the nice things about Alfresco is their simple support subscription model--I'm pretty sure one support subscription gets you both DM and WCM, but I don't work for Alfresco and Optaros is not a reseller, so I'll defer to Alfresco on the details. Jeff Jean-Philippe,

Alfresco WCM is an add-on to the core Alfresco product. It adds the ability to have “web project” folders, sandboxes, preview/virtualization, web forms, and deployment.

Some people choose to manage web content without Alfresco WCM. They use the Alfresco DM store for everything. Obviously, they don’t get to leverage the functionality Alfresco WCM brings to the table when they go that route, but sometimes that’s okay.

You can use the core Alfresco repository to do just about anything. The Alfresco WCM add-on should only be used for WCM use cases. I would never recommend that you try to implement typical document management uses cases solely with Alfresco WCM.

If you have both DM and WCM needs, yes, you can use one Alfresco implementation to do both. One of the nice things about Alfresco is their simple support subscription model–I’m pretty sure one support subscription gets you both DM and WCM, but I don’t work for Alfresco and Optaros is not a reseller, so I’ll defer to Alfresco on the details.

Jeff

]]> By: jpotts http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-40710 jpotts Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:46:49 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-40710 Martin, Luckily it isn't as complex as that. If you are creating content within a web project folder the content is being stored in the WCM store. If you are creating content anywhere else your content is not being stored in the WCM store. Jeff Martin,

Luckily it isn’t as complex as that. If you are creating content within a web project folder the content is being stored in the WCM store. If you are creating content anywhere else your content is not being stored in the WCM store.

Jeff

]]> By: jpotts http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-40709 jpotts Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:44:46 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-40709 Peter, Thanks. What I meant by "custom content types are not supported" is that custom types, as defined in your Alfresco DM model, are not supported. Using your web forms as content types only works for web form content, not other types of files you might manage as part of your web site, so they aren't "true" content types, in my opinion. People new to Alfresco might make the easy mistake of assuming that the "DM model" is universal, especially given the presence of a type dropdown in the WCM UI. Jeff Peter,

Thanks. What I meant by “custom content types are not supported” is that custom types, as defined in your Alfresco DM model, are not supported. Using your web forms as content types only works for web form content, not other types of files you might manage as part of your web site, so they aren’t “true” content types, in my opinion.

People new to Alfresco might make the easy mistake of assuming that the “DM model” is universal, especially given the presence of a type dropdown in the WCM UI.

Jeff

]]> By: Jean-Philippe Encausse http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-40696 Jean-Philippe Encausse Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:28:49 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-40696 So if you want DM + WCM you only need Alfresco WCM ? What about mixing both ? What about commercial opensource pricing ? Is it the same for each product ? Regards So if you want DM + WCM you only need Alfresco WCM ? What about mixing both ?

What about commercial opensource pricing ? Is it the same for each product ?

Regards

]]> By: Martin Wildam http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-40695 Martin Wildam Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:16:33 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-40695 Can you please give me a hint, how I can find out if a document has been stored in DM or WCM. Or does it depend on the content type - so if I use inline HTML or text content, is then WCM used and for uploading a PDF for instance DM? Can you please give me a hint, how I can find out if a document has been stored in DM or WCM.

Or does it depend on the content type – so if I use inline HTML or text content, is then WCM used and for uploading a PDF for instance DM?

]]> By: Peter Monks http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2009/08/31/1038/comment-page-1#comment-40690 Peter Monks Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:27:47 +0000 http://ecmarchitect.com/?p=1038#comment-40690 Nice post! One minor nit-pick: it's not entirely accurate to say "In Alfresco WCM, custom content types are not supported."- the next sentence is in fact a more accurate summary: "In WCM, your content type is your web form.". Perhaps a statement like "In Alfresco WCM, DM-style metadata types are not supported, and are instead supplanted by XML Schema-backed content types (Web Forms)." would be clearer? Nice post!

One minor nit-pick: it’s not entirely accurate to say “In Alfresco WCM, custom content types are not supported.”- the next sentence is in fact a more accurate summary: “In WCM, your content type is your web form.”.

Perhaps a statement like “In Alfresco WCM, DM-style metadata types are not supported, and are instead supplanted by XML Schema-backed content types (Web Forms).” would be clearer?

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