Nuxeo World Session: Gagnavarslan and Nuxeo - Building software services on Nuxeo and Django
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Gagnavarslan, established in 2007, focuses on providing software services for document and information management, expanding from physical storage to SaaS solutions using Nuxeo and Django. The company aims to address government compliance issues and user needs by developing hybrid systems that better manage application requirements and improve agility in development. Key projects include implementing a file plan for records management in Nuxeo and creating a Python library for content repository access, with a commitment to contribute to open-source initiatives.
Nuxeo World Session: Gagnavarslan and Nuxeo - Building software services on Nuxeo and Django
- 1. Gagnavarslan and Nuxeo Building software services on Nuxeo and Django Jónas Sigurðsson Director of Core Development Gagnavarslan ehf
- 2. About Gagnavarslan Mission statement To be a single entry point for organizations to access expert knowledge and high quality services within the field of Document and Information Management.
- 3. About Gagnavarslan 2007 Founded late 2007 Initial focus on physical storage and preservation. 2008 Company expanded: Information Management Specialists (IMS) consultants division added. 2009 Company expanded: Software services division added. First SaaS offering based on Django released. 2010 Nuxeo based Case/DM management system released.
- 4. About Gagnavarslan Software services division goal is to Develop highly usable, scalable and fast software solutions and offer as SaaS.
- 6. Business opportunity Investigation commission report revealed multiple IT specific problems in government. Increased focus on Document and Record Management. Increased focus on compliancy with standards and best practices, Moreq2, DoD5015.2, etc.
- 7. The Project Our requirements are mostly gathered from IMS and decision makers within government and large organizations. Big difference compared to what IT people think is needed. (usually Sharepoint) Compliance with regulations for case management in government, compliance with National Archives, etc.
- 8. Development strategy Development strategy based on Agile "Set based design" idea 1. Start with simple, lightweight Django front-end to clarify concepts and UI with early adopters. 2. In the same time investigate repository options. Decide on a system and build the necessary cloud infrastructure around the system. Base our services on open source and participate in communities around products we use. Focus on usability and simple user experience.
- 11. Research for selecting ECM platform Alfresco Fedora Commons Sharepoint Nuxeo
- 12. Research for selecting ECM platform Alfresco Fedora Commons Sharepoint Nuxeo
- 13. Django+Nuxeo
- 14. Why hybrid system of two platforms?
- 15. Why hybrid system of two platforms? IT people buy platforms. IMS decision makers want applications. We need a killer app to sell the platform. We need RAD infrastructure for vertical solutions. Application developers should be domain experts, not platform experts.
- 16. Why hybrid system of two platforms? Ability to manage teams better ● Clear seperation of concern. ● Technology stack attracts different developer groups. Ability to be more agile and manage changes ● Dynamic stack enables faster turnaround. ● Easier to customize and manage customizations. Django has gained much momentum for rapid web application development.
- 17. New concepts and changes
- 18. Missing pieces We needed to add support for managing organizational concepts as well as providing record management capabilities. ● Organizational Spaces and Space Folders ● Fileplan for RM ● Aspects
- 19. Nuxeo Demo
- 20. Missing pieces We needed support for rich querying against a combination of metadata, freetext and relationship information. ● Solr integration ● Relationship indexing ● Intrusive relationships
- 21. Missing pieces We need robust solutions for integrating with customer infrastructure which is always based on Microsoft Server with over 90% of workstations running Windows. ● Complete support for Windows Sharepoint Services protocol (WSS). ● Support for SSO via CAS using Kerberos. ● Support for retreaving mail from MS Exchange Server via MailFolder (IMAP).
- 23. Experience so far Promising results overall. Technology decisions have delivered great results so far. Development group was afraid of Nuxeo complexity and resources requirement compared to Django. Concerns mainly addressed by excellent development and packaging practices as well as Nuxeo visible focus on continuously improving the stack towards more efficiency.
- 24. Fileplan implementation We have implemented a Fileplan for RM in Nuxeo. ● Based on concepts in DoD standard but also considering Moreq2 requirements. ● Implemented as Nuxeo extension, of course. ● No UI in Nuxeo yet. Only REST methods. Looking for collaborators!
- 25. Aspects implementation Simple support for Aspects/MixIns in Nuxeo. ● Required for many of our use cases. ● Current solution is quite simple but still working well for our needs. Looking for collaborators!
- 26. Solr indexing implementation Indexing component for Solr indexing in Nuxeo with flexible mapping based on Solango/Jython ● Used for indexing metadata, freetext AND relationships. ● Provides support for fast search using complex conditions. ● Give me all emails to or from any contact associated with organization “Foo” where mail body contains text “Bar”. ● Still rough areas in relation with ACL and batch-indexing scenarios. Looking for collaborators!
- 27. WSS stabilization Senior Java developer allocated to making WSS support in Nuxeo fully compliant. ● Support all integration scenarios with MS Office. ● Support 3d party online/offline tools designed for Sharepoint. ● All integration scenarios with File Explorer in Windows XP and Windows 7, documented and undocumented. Looking for collaborators!
- 28. Djoint – Python library for accessing content repository Django has ORM for mapping Python objects against database. This ORM is too much derived from relational database world for ECM use cases. ● Djoint is a Python library for mapping documents in document repository with usable and simple API. ● Designed to support any type of repository, of course. ● Currently only one supported repository driver, for Nuxeo.
- 29. Rapid vertical application development with Djoint
- 30. Rapid vertical application development with Djoint
- 31. Rapid vertical application development with Djoint Looking for collaborators!
- 32. Challenges ● Finding the right balance between open source and proprietary software development. ● Customers don’t believe that we can deliver true integration. ● “It all sounds very cool but will it work seamlessly with our current email system and Windows desktop experience?”
- 33. Contributing We plan to contribute within focused areas. ● Plan to open source Djoint with Nuxeo driver as soon as we complete our application initial release. ● Commit to improving WSS support in Nuxeo. ● Open for collaborating on Fileplan implementation by sharing our work.
- 34. CoreData Demo
- 35. Thank you Contact me: jonas@gagnavarslan.is