1. What‟s New in Alfresco Enterprise 3.3
Paul Hampton
Director of Product Marketing
Alfresco
2. Enhancements in the Last Year
Records Mgmt & Compliance IMAP & Email Mgmt Forms & New Metadata
Greater Breadth in Share Support for Types and Aspects Portal Support & SSO
2 Extranet, Group & User Mgmt In-line Editing
3. Focus of Alfresco 3.3
Web
Alfresco
Content Integration
Share
Management
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4. Web Content Management
● New Alfresco Web Editor
● New content management and
deployment options
● New Rendition API
Web
Content
Management
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5. The Web Platform Vision
Web Application
CMIS, REST
Alfresco Web Delivery
Runtime Repository
Deployment
Alfresco Web Alfresco Web Alfresco Web
Producer Editor Preview
Alfresco Editorial
Repository
Work Packages, Renditions
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6. Alfresco Web Editor
● New in-context editing of web based content
● Allow „non-technical‟ content authors to edit content
from the website
● JavaScript Framework – Can be extended
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7. Sample Web Application
Alfresco Editorial Web Browser
Repository
Header.html
Greenenergy.jpg
Nav.html
Body.html
Copyright.html
User can edit here... ... Or here
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8. Component Management
● Can edit
o Online
o Download / Offline
o Via CIFS (Network
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Drive)
9. New – Inline Edit
Alfresco Web Editor Framework
Component
Edit from Editing
selection list
11. Deployment and Formatting
Transfer Service Rendition API
● Used to publish content to ● Allow for content
delivery servers repurposing
● Publish to Alfresco DM ● Automated content/format
runtime conversion for different
delivery channels
● Maintains rich content
structures, relationships ● Can string conversion steps
for flexible content
● Configurable permissions
manipulation
● Support dynamic content,
● Support for existing
search and user developed
Freemarker and XSLT
content
templates
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12. Alfresco Share
● Move from Collaborative tool
to complete DM
● Repository wide access to
content (both Repository and
Share Sites)
● Multiple navigation options
● Comprehensive DM features
● Checkin, Checkout, Version
Alfresco Control,
Share ● Custom Types, Aspects and
Metadata
● Full Permission Management
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13. Navigation
● Users can navigate by:
o Documents filters
o Repository folders
o Document categories
o Content tags
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14. Security
Repository
● Added the ability to
control permissions...
o Within the Repository
o AND Share Sites
● Provides a more
granular security model
for project files
● New simple interface
Share
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20. Collaboration Lists
● Ability to track project ● Examples:
based lists o Project Task Lists
o Item Lists
● List types can be
extended o List of Event
o List of Locations
● Can page, sort and filter
o Contact Lists
list content
o Issue Log
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24. Rules and Actions
● New interface for ● Available for Share
managing Rules and Sites and Repository
Actions
● Used to automatically
● New Rule Library perform actions on
o Manage Rules from one content
location – update once o Transform
o Reuse Rules across multiple o Move
spaces
o Copy
● Error handling
o Notify
● Set Execution Order o Drive storage policies
o ...and many more
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29. Google Like Search
● Can use Google like ● Examples:
operators to search for o Type –
content type:document
● Can combine search o Property –
criteria modified:today
o AND, OR, NOT o Date –
created:“2009-01-01”
o Text –
text:“alfresco faq”
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33. Theme Management
● New Admin function to
change theme
● Sample themes
o Default
o Green
o Yellow
o High Contrast
● Can add custom
themes
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34. Integration
● Full CMIS 1.0 Specification
● Integration with Microsoft
Outlook
● Integration with IBM Social
Software
● Integration with Google Docs
(Tech Preview will be in
Integration Enterprise 3.3g)
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35. CMIS 1.0
● First implementation of CMIS 1.0 specification
● Includes:
o CMIS Query
o Access Control Lists (ACL‟s)
o Change Logs
o Renditions
o PLUS – Alfresco extension for Aspects (query, get and set)
● Available bindings – Web Services and REST
● CMIS test compatibility kit
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36. Microsoft Office Integration
● Extends SharePoint
protocol support
● Integrates with Outlook
2003/2007
● Creates “Meeting
Workspace” within
Share
● New Share site type Enter SPP URL
“Meeting Workspace”
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38. Enhanced Share Features
● Meeting attendees
synchronized with site
membership
● Can link to existing
meeting workspace
● New filters to show
meeting workspace
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39. Seamless Integration with IBM Lotus
● Easy integration for
document, image and
records management
● Works with Notes, Quickr,
Connections, XPage and
Websphere Portal
● Easy script-based portlet
and applet development
● Open to OS, DBMS,
Language and Browser
● Domino and Java through
Lotus services & CMIS
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40. Benefits for Lotus Users
● Leader in Open Source Enterprise Content Management
● Easy to use, zero-footprint software for Files, Mail,
Quickr and Connections – Just like a Shared Drive!
● Affordable control, access and discovery of enterprise
content
● Content Application Server with fast script and Java
development
● Low-cost, Open Source, Open Standards alternative to
SharePoint
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46. Google Docs
● Ability to check out to
Technology Preview
Google Docs
● Create a Google Docs
Document directly in Share
● Support for:
o Documents
o Presentations
o Spread Sheets
● Sync site users to Google
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