Web Content Management with Documentum TOC

Table of Contents

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Chapter 13: Working with Web Publisher Template Files
• 13.1 Creating a Template File
• 13.2 Summary

• 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

• 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

• 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 <attr_list>
• 16.3.3 Placing a Content File in Multiple Locations with <path_list>
• 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

• 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 <delete-element>
• 17.2.2 Adding an XML Element to an XML File with <insert-element>
• 17.2.3 Updating the Value of an XML Element in an XML File with
• <update-element-value>
• 17.3 Summary

• 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

• 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

• Chapter 20: Testing Custom Workflows
• 20.1 Creating Users for Workflow in Documentum
• 20.2 Submitting Content to the Custom Workflow
• 20.3 Summary

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

• 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

• Index