Fundamentals of XML Management

Greg AlexopoulosSystems EngineerDocumentum

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The Power of XML

Separates content from format Enforces corporate standards Ease of changing look and feel Moves content contribution upstream

Facilitates content reuse Enables multi-channel publishing Supports intelligent content exchange

Across platforms With partners

Horizontal technology extensible for industry specific applications

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Separating Content Creation and Delivery

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PDAsPDAs

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ContentContent

• Multi-Channel Delivery

• Reuse

• Move Content Creation Upstream

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DeliverCreate/Capture

Archive/Dispose

Images

Video

Rich media

XML files

Web pages Records

Books

Fax

CD-Rom

Paper

Email

WirelessPortals

Desktop Authoring Tools

Web Authoring Applications

Manage

Scannedimages

Emails OtherRepositories

Chat &Discussions

Create > Manage > Deliver > Archive

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Rich, Unified Content Services…for XML

Unified Content Services

Archive DeliverManageCreate/Capture •Records

Management• Final Form Storage

•Authoring•Importing•Aggregation•Conversion

•Content Intelligence•Transformation•Process Automation•Core Content Mgmt. Services•Library Services•Repository Services

•Publishing•Web Delivery•Portal Delivery•Content Distribution

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Create and Capture

Content Authoring Using XML authoring tools Using templates

Content Import Bulk XML Document Loading FTP Integration ODBC/JDBC WebDAV

Content Aggregation Content Conversion into XML

Unified Content Services

Create/Capture Manage Deliver Archive

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XML Content Authoring using XML Editors

Support all format types created by all types of contributors

Integrations with XML Authoring Tools Arbortext Epic XMetaL Microsoft Office 2003

Documentum functionality within editor including check-in/check-out, versioning, search, etc.

Facilitates reuse

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XML Content Authoring using Templates

Documentum Web Publisher XML creation with no

knowledge of XML “Fill-in-the-blanks editing” Separation of content, layout,

and editing Automatically render web pages

using XSL Enforces business rules Ideal for business-content

author Web-based

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BrowseRepository

DocumentumMenu for Accessto functionality

Arbortext Epic

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Processing via XML Application: Chunking

Leverages VDM and Relationships Facilitates Reuse

Validation (DTD or Schema) Ensures Compliance to business rules

Storage Define what cabinet/folder hierarchy to

store chunks Automatic Attribute Population

Intelligent content & personalization Link Management

Ensures all supporting files are managed Assign Lifecycle and Security

XML Component Management

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Repository Services

Single repository for content and data Object-relational model Extensible object model Global unique ID Single and multi-value attributes Unicode support Transaction processing Data Dictionary Object relationship management Authentication services Backup/Recovery Distributed Architecture Replication

Unified Content Services

Create/Capture Deliver Archive Manage

Process AutomationServices

Library Services

Repository Services

Core Content Management Services

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Library Services

Virtual repository for documents, Web content, compound documents, XML content, digital assets, and other content rich objects

Access Control List security Check-in/Check-out Versioning Role Support Content Storage Management

Unified Content Services

Create/Capture Deliver Archive Manage

Process AutomationServices

Library Services

Repository Services

Core Content Management Services

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XML Content Transformation

Integrated XSLT engine Provides capabilities for multi-channel publishing

Format Form-Factor

Full XSLT Support XSL style sheets can be stored and managed within Documentum Repository Provides transformation from XML to HTML, WML, cHTML, XHTML, XML, etc… For exchange - schema to schema transformation and XML -> text (.xls, comma

delimited, rtf) Transformations can be executed by workflows, lifecycles, users, or any

program. Transformation is a service provided by DFC.

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Comprehensive XML Management

Integrated XSLT (transformation engine)Integrated XSLT (transformation engine) Store as many XSLs as necessaryStore as many XSLs as necessary Facilitates multi-channel publishingFacilitates multi-channel publishing

XSLTXSLT

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XSLXSLXSLXSL

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XML XML componentscomponents

DocumentumDocumentumRepositoryRepository

XSL XSL StylesheetsStylesheets

Content ServerContent Server

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Deliver

Publishing Electronic Document

Publishing Printing

Web Delivery Web Servers Application Servers Personalization Servers

Portal Delivery Distribution

Unified Content Services

Create/Capture Manage Archive Deliver

Dynamic assembly using XSLT

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Archive

Records Management Archiving/Disposal Final Form Content Storage

Unified Content Services

Create/Capture Manage Archive Deliver

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Uniting The World Through Content