Web content management with Documentum : set up, design, develop, and deploy Documentum applications ; concise, practical information on Documentum Web Content Management to get the most from this system

Concise information about the various Documentum web content management products, and packed with practical examples. This book is targeted at IT professionals who are Documentum beginners or intermediates. The depth of coverage means that experienced Documentum developers will also benefit from the book, and learn some new tricks. Although no knowledge of Documentum is presumed, exposure to Java/J2EE, XML, and related web technologies will help to get the most from this book.

• Preface
• Chapter 1 Content and Documentum
• Chapter 2 Documentum Essentials
• Chapter 3 Documentum Advanced Concepts
• Chapter 4 Web Content Management System
• Chapter 5 Setting Up the Documentum Suite
• Chapter 6 Creating Our First Docbase
• Chapter 7 Setting Up Publishing
• Chapter 8 Setting Up Documentum Application Builder
• Chapter 9 Setting Up Documentum Administrator and Web Publisher
• Chapter 10 Designing Documentum Applications
• Chapter 11 Designing and Creating Custom Object Types
• Chapter 12 Creating Lifecycles, Alias Sets, and Permission Sets
• Chapter 13 Working with Web Publisher Template Files
• Chapter 14 Creating Rules Files
• Chapter 15 Creating Presentation Files
• Chapter 16 Folder Mapping
• Chapter 17 Using Instruction Files
• Chapter 18 Automatic Property Extraction (APE)
• Chapter 19 Working with Workflows
• Chapter 20 Testing Custom Workflows
• Chapter 21 Publishing from Docbase Using SCS
• Chapter 22 Web Viewing Content Files
• Chapter 23 Using DFC
• Chapter 24 Configurations and Customizations Using WDK
• Chapter 25 Documentum Deployment
• Chapter 26 Using DQL and API Commands
• Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
• Appendix B New Features and Enhancements in Release 5.3
• Index
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Content and Documentum
• 1.1 Need for an Effective CMS
• 1.2 Qualities of a Good CMS
• 1.3 Why Documentum?
• 1.4 Documentum Features
• 1.5 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 2 Documentum Essentials
• 2.1 Documentum Cornerstone
• 2.2 Docbase
• 2.3 DocBroker
• 2.4 DocApp
• 2.5 Object Types
• 2.6 Attributes
• 2.6.1 Object ID (Object Identifier: r_object_id Attribute)
• 2.6.2 Attribute Types
• 2.7 DQL
• 2.8 API
• 2.9 Cabinets and Folders
• 2.10 Versioning
• 2.11 Lifecycles
• 2.12 Workflows
• 2.13 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 3 Documentum Advanced Concepts
• 3.1 DMCL
• 3.2 DFC
• 3.3 BOF
• 3.4 WDK
• 3.5 Web Publisher
• 3.6 ACL
• 3.7 Alias Set
• 3.8 Users and Groups
• 3.8.1 Users
• 3.8.2 Groups
• 3.9 Renditions
• 3.10 Registered Tables
• 3.11 Data Dictionary
• 3.12 Methods and Jobs
• 3.12.1 Methods
• 3.12.2 Jobs
• 3.13 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 4 Web Content Management System
• 4.1 When Should you Use a WCM System?
• 4.2 When Should you Not Use a WCM System?
• 4.3 Documentum WCM Architecture
• 4.4 How do you Enter Content in the System?
• 4.4.1 Web Publisher
• 4.5 Where and How is the Content Stored?
• 4.5.1 Content Server
• 4.6 How do you Perform System Administration?
• 4.6.1 Documentum Administrator
• 4.7 How do you Create Multiple Renditions of the Content?
• 4.7.1 Content Rendition Services
• 4.8 How do you Publish Content to a Website?
• 4.8.1 Site Caching Services
• 4.8.2 SCS Architecture
• 4.9 How do you Query the Published Content for Displaying on Websites?
• 4.9.1 Documentum JDBC Services
• 4.10 How do you Deploy Website Content to a Server Farm?
• 4.10.1 Site Deployment Services
• 4.11 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 5 Setting Up the Documentum Suite
• 5.1 Installing Content Server
• 5.1.2 Prerequisites
• 5.2 Installing Content Server 5.2.5
• 5.3 Installing Content Server
• 5.2.5 SP2
• 5.4 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 6 Creating Our First Docbase
• 6.1 Creating a Docbase
• 6.2 Installing Web Publisher Server Files and DocApp
• 6.2.1 What does Web Publisher Server Files Contain?
• 6.2.2 What does WebPublisher DocApp Contain?
• 6.3 Beginning Installation
• 6.4 Stopping and Starting Docbase and DocBroker
• 6.5 dmcl.ini
• 6.6 server.ini
• 6.7 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 7 Setting Up Publishing
• 7.1 SCS Source 5.2.5
• 7.1.1 Prerequisites
• 7.1.2 Installing SCS Source 5.2.5
• 7.1.3 Installing SCS Source
• 5.2.5 SP2
• 7.2 SCS Target 5.2.5
• 7.2.1 Prerequisites
• 7.2.2 Installing SCS Target 5.2.5
• 7.2.3 Installing SCS Target
• 5.2.5 SP2
• 7.3 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 8 Setting Up Documentum Application Builder
• 8.1 Documentum Application Builder
• 8.1.1 Prerequisites
• 8.2 Installing DAB
• 5.2.5 SP2
• 8.3 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 9 Setting Up Documentum Administrator and Web Publisher
• 9.1 Documentum Administrator
• 9.1.1 Prerequisites
• 9.1.2 Installing Documentum Administrator
• 5.2.5 SP2
• 9.2 Web Publisher
• 9.2.1 Prerequisites
• 9.2.2 Installing Web Publisher
• 5.2.5 SP2
• 9.3 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 10 Designing Documentum Applications
• 10.1 Case Study--Simple Newspaper Website
• 10.2 Beginning Documentum Design
• 10.3 Using Documentum Application Builder (DAB)
• 10.4 Creating Custom Objects in DocApp
• 10.5 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 11 Designing and Creating Custom Object Types
• 11.1 Creating Object Types
• 11.1.1 Type Names
• 11.1.2 Limitations of Object Type Names
• 11.1.3 Supertype
• 11.2 Designing and Creating Custom Attributes of Object Type(s)
• 11.3 Adding Attributes to an Object Type
• 11.3.1 Attribute Names
• 11.3.2 Limitations of Object Type Attribute Names
• 11.3.2.1 Label
• 11.3.2.2 Data Type
• 11.3.2.3 Length
• 11.3.2.4 Repeating
• 11.3.2.5 Default Search Value
• 11.3.2.6 Allowable Search Operators
• 11.3.2.7 Input Mask
• 11.3.2.8 Conditional Value Assistance
• 11.4 Querying Registered Tables using DQL for Value Assistance
• 11.5 $value() Keyword
• 11.6 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 12 Creating Lifecycles, Alias Sets, and Permission Sets
• 12.1 Alias Sets in a Lifecycle
• 12.2 Creating an Alias Set
• 12.3 Creating Permission Sets
• 12.4 Creating a Custom Lifecycle
• 12.5 Promoting and Demoting Content through a Lifecycle
• 12.5 Expiring Content
• 12.6 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 13 Working with Web Publisher Template Files
• 13.1 Creating a Template File
• 13.2 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 14 Creating Rules Files
• 14.1 Creating a Rules File
• 14.1.1 IMGALTTEXT Element
• 14.1.2 DATE Element
• 14.1.3 BODYTEXT Element
• 14.1.4 REPEATBLOCK Element
• 14.1.5 NEXTLINKNAME Element
• 14.1.6 NEXTLINKURL Element
• 14.2 Final Template in Web Publisher Editor
• 14.3 Miscellaneous Rules File Widgets
• 14.3.1 Choice Widget
• 14.3.2 Checkbox Widget
• 14.3.3 Textselector Widget
• 14.3.4 Xselector Widget
• 14.4 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 15 Creating Presentation Files
• 15.1 Creating a Presentation File
• 15.2 Viewing Content Renditions
• 15.3 Reapplying Presentation Files
• 15.4 Using XDQL in Stylesheets
• 15.5 XDQL Example in XSL Stylesheet
• 15.6 Create_Dynamic_Content Job
• 15.7 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 16 Folder Mapping
• 16.1 Anatomy of the FolderMap.xml File
• 16.2 Limitations of Folder Map
• 16.3 Folder Mapping Examples
• 16.3.1 Property Matching: Using Wildcard (*)
• 16.3.2 Property Matching: Using Multiple Properties in
• 16.3.3 Placing a Content File in Multiple Locations with
• 16.3.4 Property Matching: Simple Repeating Attribute
• 16.3.5 Property Matching: Repeating Attribute Index
• 16.3.6 Dynamic Folder Mapping
• 16.3.7 Dynamic Folder Mapping with Repeating Attribute
• 16.4 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 17 Using Instruction Files
• 17.1 Limitations of Instruction Files
• 17.2 Instruction File Examples
• 17.2.1 Deleting an XML Element from an XML File with
• 17.2.2 Adding an XML Element to an XML File with
• 17.2.3 Updating the Value of an XML Element in an XML File with
• 17.3 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 18 Automatic Property Extraction (APE)
• 18.1 How Automatic Property Extraction Works
• 18.2 Simple Example for Automatic Property Extraction
• 18.3 Testing our First XML Application
• 18.4 Populating Repeating Attributes using Automatic Property Extraction
• 18.5 Testing the Second XML Application
• 18.6 Using Two-Way Attribute Extraction
• 18.7 Testing the Two-Way Attribute Extraction XML Application:
• 18.8 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 19 Working with Workflows
• 19.1 Designing Custom Workflows
• 19.2 Setting Up a Custom Workflow Template
• 19.3 Creating a Custom Workflow Template
• 19.3.1 Performer Tab for Activities
• 19.3.2 Trigger Tab for Activities
• 19.3.3 Notification Tab for Activities
• 19.3.4 Transition Tab for Activities
• 19.4 Adding a Package to Connection Flows
• 19.5 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 20 Testing Custom Workflows
• 20.1 Creating Users for Workflow in Documentum
• 20.2 Submitting Content to the Custom Workflow
• 20.3 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 21 Publishing from Docbase Using SCS
• 21.1 Limitations of SCS
• 21.2 Publishing Types
• 21.3 Steps for Setting Up a Site Publishing Configuration
• 21.4 Testing and Publishing Using Site Publishing Configuration
• 21.5 Published Data
• 21.6 Unlocking Locked Publishing Operations
• 21.7 Monitoring the SCS Source Status
• 21.8 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 22 Web Viewing Content Files
• 22.1 Prerequisites
• 22.2 Setting Up and Using Web View
• 22.3 Testing Web View
• 22.4 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 23 Using DFC
• 23.1 Introduction to DFC
• 23.2 Environment Readiness
• 23.3 Simple Example Demonstrating DFC Usage
• 23.4 Creating and Linking a File in a Docbase Cabinet
• 23.5 Running Docbase Methods via DFC
• 23.6 Creating Users in Docbase with DFC
• 23.7 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 24 Configurations and Customizations Using WDK
• 24.1 WDK Directory Structure
• 24.2 WDK Application Elements
• 24.3 A Simple WDK Configuration Example
• 24.3.1 New Content Screen before Configuration Changes
• 24.3.2 Modified New Content Screen after Configuration Changes
• 24.4 A Simple WDK Customization Example
• 24.5 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 25 Documentum Deployment
• 25.1 DocApp Migration
• 25.2 Configuring DocApp Objects and Creating/Installing aDocApp Archive
• 25.3 Deployment of Web Publisher Code and Custom Scripts
• 25.4 Summary
• Up
• Chapter 26 Using DQL and API Commands
• 26.1 DQL
• 26.1.1 Uses of DQL
• 26.1.2 Command Tools
• 26.1.3 DQL Examples
• 26.1.3.1 Creating a Document Object
• 26.1.3.2 Updating Attributes of a Document Object
• 26.1.3.3 Appending a Value in a Repeating Attribute
• 26.1.3.4 Inserting a Value into a Repeating Attribute
• 26.1.3.5 Associating a Document Object with a Cabinet
• 26.1.3.6 Retrieving a Document Object from the Docbase
• 26.1.3.7 Deleting a Document Object from the Docbase
• 26.2 API
• 26.2.1 Command Tools
• 26.2.2 API Commands
• 26.2.3 Categorizing API Methods
• 26.2.4 API Method Examples
• 26.2.4.1 Creating a Document Object
• 26.2.4.2 Setting the Attributes of the Object
• 26.2.4.3 Associating a Content File with the Document Object
• 26.2.4.4 Associating a Document Object with a Cabinet
• 26.2.4.5 Saving the Document Object in the Docbase
• 26.2.4.6 Obtaining a Reference to the Document Object in Docbase
• 26.2.4.7 Setting Specific Attribute Information
• 26.2.4.8 Viewing all Attributes and Values for an Object
• 26.2.4.9 Deleting an Object from the Docbase
• 26.3 Summary
• Up
• Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
• Up
• Appendix B New Features and Enhancements in Release 5.3
• B.1 Content Server Changes
• B.2 Object Types Changes
• B.3 API and DQL Changes
• B.4 DFC Changes
• B.5 BOF Changes
• B.6 Application Builder and Application Installer Changes
• B.7 WDK Changes
• B.8 Documentum Administrator Changes
• B.9 Web Publisher Changes
• Up
• Index