Introduction to eXo ECM Suite
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The document details the history and evolution of the eXo platform and its ECM (Enterprise Content Management) suite from its inception in 2002 through various developments and updates, culminating in the 2009 version. It highlights the platform's modular applications, standards-based technologies, and features like web content management, document management, and workflows. Upcoming integrations and planned enhancements leading to the GateIn portal are also outlined, along with community and commercial support options.
Introduction to eXo ECM Suite
- 1. Webinar : eXo ECM November 25th 2009 Tugdual Grall
- 2. History - University Project - Articles posted on TheServerSide.com 2002 - First Customer DoD - eXo Platform SAS Creation - JSR-168 (Portlets) 2003 - eXo joins OW2 2004 - eXo Portal v1.0 2005 - eXo joins Java Community Process (JCP) - eXo ECM v1.0 2006 - eXo WebOS Alpha - 55 employees in 3 countries 2007 - eXo Portal & ECM v2.0 - eXo WebOS v1.0 2008 - eXo Collaboration Suite v1.0 - 85 employees in 4 countries - eXo WCM 1.0 - eXo Knowledge Suite v1.0 - eXo & JBoss Portals Fusion : GateIn 2009 - 115 employees in 4 countries
- 3. eXo Platform ● 115 Employees in 5 countries − France : Head, Sales, Consulting − Ukraine : Development Center − Vietnam : Development, Support & Sales − Tunisie : Consulting, Support & Sales − USA: Sales, Communication, Marketing
- 4. eXo Vision Provide a standards-based, Run on your preferred open platform for building, technology platform publishing, managing (e.g., OS, middleware, websites browser) Build and plug any Consolidate Applications service into & Content platform
- 5. eXo Platform Suite • Modular applications that plug and play • Portal platform with rich user-oriented interface • Baked in Java and standards-based technologies Portlet Container
- 6. eXo Platform Suite • Modular applications that plug and play • Portal platform with rich user-oriented interface • Baked in Java and standards-based technologies Portlet Container
- 7. Portal/WebOS Integration Layer • Facilitate Enterprise Data and Applications Access • Virtualization of User's Desktop − Personalization / Profiling • Leverage eXo Portal − Flexible Layouts & Themes − SSO, Personalization, Application Registry − Leverage AJAX to improve user experience • Standards Based • Standard Based − Use only HTML/ CSS and JavaScript − Leverage JavaEE Platform • Reuse Gadget & Portlets − Java Portlets API (JSR-168 & JSR-286) • Integrate Enterprise Applications − Remote Portlets (WSRP 1&2) − Java Content Repository (JSR-170) − Google Gadgets • Extensible − REST Services − Portlet Bridges to facilitate IS integration
- 8. Community or Commercial ? • Community • Commercial (subscription) • Pioneer builds • Certified Binaries • New version every 2 weeks • Same Code Base • Affero GPL v3 • Regular Maintenance Releases • Supported via the wiki and • QA (Tests and Benchmarks) mailing lists • Documentation User/Admin • EULA • Professional support • SLAs
- 9. eXo ECM Suite Enterprise Content Management
- 10. eXo ECM 2.5 • Document Management • Web Content Management • Workflow • Record Management • Collaboration
- 11. eXo Content Repository • Implementation of the Java Content Repository (JSR 170) • Can Store any type of content • documents, images, videos, HTML, XML, ... • Content could be enriched with any Property or Meta-Data • Native Support of Dublin Core • Meta data extraction for common formats (PDF, MS & Open Office, ...) • Remote Access using standard protocols • FTP, WebDAV, CIFS, REST/SOAP • Content stored in RDBMS and/or File Systems
- 12. ECM & Portal • ECM is based on a set of Portlets to manipulate the content • File/Site Explorer to easily navigate the content • Content Viewers to publish the content in the portal
- 13. Edit/Create Content • Wysiwyg Editor in the Browser • Extensible template model • Edit using MS and Open Office directly using WebDaV • Upload Documents • Web Interface • FTP/DAV
- 14. Template Oriented eXo Platform Document Viewer Template Engine eXo JCR Content Templates (GTMPL)
- 15. Organize, Share and Search • Add categories/taxonomies to content • Collaborate using Comments, Rating and Tagging • Search Content using eXo Search based on Apache Lucene
- 16. Advanced Content Features • Content Versioning • Check-in & Check-out • Advanced & Custom Actions
- 17. eXo Workflow • Use Workflows/Business Process to validate content • Based on Bonita or JBPM • Integrated with eXo ECM
- 18. eXo on Mobile • Access your applications and content from your Mobile • iPhone & Android
- 19. eXo WCM Web Content Management
- 20. eXo WCM • Leverage eXo DMS • with specialized portlet and content types • Easy Management of Web Sites and Content
- 21. Inline Editing
- 22. Inline Editing
- 23. Publication Life Cycle • Extensible Publication Process • Java and BPM based (advanced workflows) • Customizable • Used for Validation and Publication
- 24. Front Office Portlets Content By List/Category Show Single Content
- 25. Newsletter Management • Create and Manage your newsletters directly in your Web Sites
- 26. What’s Next?
- 27. Gate In Integration = • New Open Source Portal from eXo Portal and JBoss Portal • All eXo ECM will be ported on Gate • Community Release Q1-2010 • Enterprise Release Q2-2010
- 28. New Features • New File Explorer • Web Content Management • Improved Usability (new UI) • New Workflows for publication • Online PDF Viewer • Document Converter • Composing and Cache Management for Pages/ Content
- 29. • Document Management •Site Management • Workflow & BPM • Share documents • Easy Site Creation • Business Process Management • Structured or not • Multi-site Support • Integrated with the document repository and portal • Online Procedures • Easy Publishing Process • Application Integration • Digital Asset Management • Content Validation / Publishing • ERP, CRM, ... • Edit In Line • Record Management • Office Integration(MS/Open) • External Editing using 3rd party tools • Based on : • Integrated and Secured Search • Dreamweaver, Frontpage, ... • JBoss JBPM • Remote Access using WeDAV, CIFS, • Remote Access using WeDAV, CIFS, • Nova Bonita FTP, REST, ... FTP, REST, ... • Integrated and Secured Search 27
- 30. More Information • Project Sites • http://ww.exoplatform.org • http://gatein.org • Community Wiki • http://wiki.exoplatform.org • Community Forum • http://forum.exoplatform.org
- 31. Q&A Thank you
- 32. Webinar : eXo ECM November 25th 2009 Tugdual Grall