Integrating Drupal and Alfresco using CMIS
- 1. Integrating Alfresco and Drupal for Government Content Management8 April 2011Tudor SitaruBlog: http://www.optaros.com/blog/tsitaruTwitter: tsitaru
- 2. AgendaWhat is CMIS?What is Alfresco?When is Drupal not enough?How Does it Work?Live DemoQ&A
- 3. ECM Repositories are big, complex, and ubiquitousCommonly used in medium and large businesses for:Document ManagementDigital Asset ManagementImagingRecords ManagementWeb Content ManagementCommon features include:MetadataFull-text SearchVersioningSecurityWorkflowTransformationsHierarchical StorageWhat is CMIS?ECMRepository
- 4. To date, most front-ends rely on repository-specific API’s for integrationOne-off integrations between each front-end and back-end are costlyPotentially different approach to integration for each front-end-back-end combinationWhat is CMIS?ECMRepository
- 5. It gets worse as repositories and front-ends are addedMost government institutions and enterprises have more than one ECM repositoryMany of them use a variety of different front-end technologiesWhat’s needed is a common set of language-independent services to integrate with any ECM repositoryWhat is CMIS?ECMRepositoryECMRepository
- 6. CMIS is a common set of services for accessing an ECM repositoryContent Management Interoperability Services (CMIS)Wide vendor supportDefines both SOAP and Restful Atom Publishing Protocol bindingsEstablishesServicesDomain objectsSQL-like query languageWhat is CMIS?CMIS-compliantECMRepositoryCMIS-compliantECMRepository
- 7. AgendaWhat is CMIS?What is Alfresco?When is Drupal not enough?How Does it Work?Live DemoQ&A
- 8. AlfrescoAlfresco is an open source ECM platformCommunity edition (Self-support)Enterprise edition (Paid support subscriptions)In addition to ECM core functionality, Alfresco provides:Extensible content modelFile protocols: CIFS, WebDAV, FTP, Sharepoint, IMAPAPIs: Java, JavaScript, Freemarker, JCR, SOAP, REST, CMISRobust workflow engineAutomatic file handling for metadata extraction, conversions, etc. Support for document level security and auditingAlso available, the Alfresco Records ManagementCertified to the DoD5015.02, MoReq2, NOARK and other industry standardsRuns as a web application in a Java servlet containerProduction CMIS implementation since the early days of the specification draft
- 9. AgendaWhat is CMIS?What is Alfresco?When is Drupal not enough?How Does it Work?Live DemoQ&A
- 10. Why not <insert your favorite Drupal file module here>?Three ReasonsWorkflowSecurityBecause the law says so
- 11. It’s a “Government” Problem
- 12. When to Use CMIS
- 13. AgendaWhat is CMIS?What is Alfresco?When is Drupal not enough?How Does it Work?Live DemoQ&A
- 14. FlexibilityPowerful Presentation FrameworkEnterprise RepositoryLoosely CoupledThousands of modules to choose from
- 15. Easy to theme
- 16. Fast, efficient development model
- 17. Multiple ways to update content
- 18. Robust business process engine
- 19. Extensible content modelHow?Request:curl -uadmin:adminhttp://localhost:8080/alfresco/s/cmisResponse:
- 21. How?Key IngredientsDrupal for community features, UI and WCMAlfresco for workflow and secure document managementDrupal CMIS API moduleAny of the additional Drupal modules necessary to meet requirements
- 22. More about the integration moduleOpen Sourcehttp://www.drupal.org/project/cmis (GPLv2)100% CMISRequires no install on the Alfresco tierRaw capabilitiesPersist web content in AlfrescoCreate Drupal content from Alfresco via CMIS SyncUpload binary files into Alfresco via DrupalAttach binary files, created in Alfresco, to Drupal contentExecute CMIS and OpenSearch queriesProvides support for additional CMIS repositoriesDrupal 7 Release just around the corner, dev. snapshot available
- 23. Module Package
- 25. AgendaWhat is CMIS?What is Alfresco?When is Drupal not enough?How Does it Work?Live DemoQ&A
- 26. Drupal, Alfresco and CMIS In the Wild
- 27. Additional ResourcesResourcesDrupal CMIS Module - http://drupal.org/cmisAlfresco - http://www.alfresco.comCMIS Info - http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=cmisGetting Started with CMIS - http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/cmis/cmis-article.pdf
- 28. Thanks! Special thanks go out to:Chris FullerBlog: http://www.optaros.com/blog/cfullerTwitter: cfullerCatalinBalanBlog: http://www.optaros.com/blog/cbalanTwitter: cbalan
- 29. AgendaWhat is CMIS?What is Alfresco?When is Drupal not enough?How Does it Work?Live DemoQ&A