Content Management Interoperability Services
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| Type of format | Enterprise content management |
|---|---|
| Extended from | SOAP |
Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is an open standard that allows different content management systems to inter-operate over the Internet.[1] Specifically, CMIS defines an abstraction layer for controlling diverse document management systems and repositories using web protocols.
Concept
CMIS defines a domain model plus bindings that can be used by applications to manipulate content stored in a repository.
CMIS provides a common data model covering typed files and folders with generic properties that can be set or read. There is a set of services for adding and retrieving documents ('objects'). There may be an access control system, a checkout and version control facility, and the ability to define generic relations. Three protocol bindings are defined, one using WSDL and SOAP, another using AtomPub,[2] and a last browser-friendly one using JSON. The model is based on common architectures of document management systems.
The CMIS specification provides an API that is programming language-agnostic, as REST and SOAP are implemented in many languages.
Reasoning
Many of the original contributors to the specification believed [3] a simplified and standardized way to access unstructured content across all vendors would increase the adoption of ECM products. But only if the standard could remain compatible with existing deployed systems. Much the way that ODBC Open Database Connectivity did for the relational database market in the 1990s.
History
The initial work of developing the momentum and use cases that led to the CMIS proposal was conducted by the iECM Initiative[4] sponsored by AIIM. This ongoing project[5] to foster interoperability[6] among ECM systems is supported by the collaborative efforts of governmental, commercial, vendor, and consulting organizations.
Although initiated by AIIM, CMIS is now administered by OASIS, a web standards consortium. Participants in the process include Adobe Systems Incorporated, Alfresco, EMC, eXo, FatWire, HP, IBM, ISIS Papyrus, Liferay, Microsoft, Nuxeo, OpenText, Oracle, Newgen OmniDocs and SAP. The standard is available for public comment at OASIS.[7]
OASIS approved CMIS as an OASIS Specification on May 1, 2010.[8] CMIS 1.1 has been approved as an OASIS specification on December 12, 2012.[9]
The specification is currently approved as OASIS CMIS v1.1 standard.[10]
There are public discussion lists.[11]
The Technical Committee (TC) includes the following organizations: Adobe Systems Incorporated, AIIM, Alfresco Software, ASG Software Solutions, Booz Allen Hamilton, Content Technologies, dotCMS, Ektron, EMC Corporation, Entropysoft, Exalead, Inc., FatWire, Fidelity Investments, GX Software, HP, IBM, ISIS Papyrus, Microsoft Corporation, Nuxeo, Open Text Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Quark, Pearson PLC, SAP AG, Sun Microsystems, Wells Fargo, WeWebU Software AG and Zia Consulting.
Criticism
There is some discussion on the name of CMIS. Some blogs and authors say that it should be named "DMIS".[12][13] D for Document since it is more targeted on ECM. From the CMIS Specification 1.1, page:[14] "[...] this data model does not cover all the concepts that a full-function ECM repository [...] transient entities (such as programming interface objects), administrative entities (such as user profiles), and extended concepts (such as compound or virtual document, work flow and business process, event and subscription) are not included."
List of implementations
CMIS Servers
A CMIS server stores content, and offers access via the CMIS protocol. Some servers also allow access via other protocols.
| Software | Open source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Acropolis 3.9.5+ | No | CMIS interface for Acropolis ECM via AtomPub and Web services, by Odyssee Ingenierie. |
| Alfresco 3.3+ | Yes | |
| Apache Chemistry InMemory Server 0.3 | Yes | Holds all data in memory targeted for testing and development (not for production use) |
| Ceyoniq Technology GmbH | No | Documents and folders are accessible via CMIS. Integrated as standard adapter in the information platform nscale. |
| calvaDrive | Yes | CMIS interface to synchronize data between web-based cloud-sharing-tool and sync-client as well as other applications which is based on JBoss ModeShape. |
| Cincom ECM 2.1+ CMIS Connector | Yes | CMIS interface of Cincom ECM, forked from NemakiWare.[15] |
| Day Software CRX 2.1+ | No | |
| dotCMS 2.2 | Yes | Documentation at http://dotcms.com/docs/latest/CMISRestfulContentAccess |
| Eyebase mediasuite 4.3 | No | Ingest and Output API provides extensions to the core CMIS specification |
| EMC Documentum 6.7/7.0 | No | |
| eXo Platform | Yes | Implemented with xCMIS |
| Fabasoft | No | Provides extensions to the core CMIS specification to support "aspects"[16] |
| HP Autonomy Interwoven Worksite 8.5 | No | |
| HP Trim 7.1 + | No | |
| IBM Content Manager 8.4.3 + | No | |
| IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.0+ | No | |
| IBM Content Manager On Demand 9.0+ | No | |
| IBM Connections Files 3.0 | No | Only documents are accessible via CMIS, other content types are inaccessible. |
| IBM LotusLive Files | No | |
| IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 Lists | No | Only data lists are accessible via CMIS, other content types are inaccessible. |
| ISIS Papyrus Objects | No | This module exposes objects defined in the Papyrus Repository. Document instances are mapped through MIME type into CMIS document type and subtypes. |
| KnowledgeTree 3.7+ | No | |
| LogicalDOC 6.5.1+[17] | Yes | |
| Maarch 1.3 | Yes | Document instances are queryable. Documents in folders or baskets are accessible via CMIS. |
| Magnolia (CMS) 4.5 | Yes | Documentation at http://documentation.magnolia-cms.com/modules/cmis.html |
| Microsoft SharePoint Server[18][19] | No | CMIS 1.0 is supported out-of-the-box in SharePoint Server 2013. It requires installation of the Administration Toolkit in SharePoint Server 2010. Not available in Foundation version.[20] |
| NemakiWare 1.1+ | Yes | |
| Nuxeo Platform 5.5+[21] | Yes | |
| O3Spaces 3.2+ | No | |
| OpenCms 8.5 | Yes | |
| OpenKM 6.2+ | Yes | Documentation available at http://wiki.openkm.com |
| OpenText | No | Since ECM Suite 2010. Implemented through a CMIS Connector above Enterprise Library Services 10.2.0. |
| OpenWGA 5.2+ | No | |
| Oracle Webcenter Content | No | Content Management REST Service Developer's Guide. |
| PTC Windchill | No | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Document Service | No | SAP HANA Cloud Platform Documentation. |
| Star Storage | No | |
| Surround SCM 2011.1 | No |
Capabilities
Each CMIS server declares a set of capabilities. For instance, servers that allow documents to be filed in different places declare the capability "Multifiling". This mechanism allows clients to interact differently with servers that support or don't support a particular operation.
Some server products allow certain capabilities to be disabled or enabled by configuration. the table below lists maximum capabilities.
| Server | ACL | AllVersions Searchable |
Changes | ContentStream Updatability |
Get Descendants |
Get FolderTree |
Multifiling | PWC Searchable |
PWC Updatable |
Query | Renditions | Unfiling | Version Specific Filing |
Join |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acropolis | manage | No | properties | anytime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | bothcombined | none | Yes | No | none |
| Alfresco | manage | No | objectidsonly[22] | anytime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | bothcombined | read | No | No | none |
| Ceyoniq Technology GmbH, nscale Server | none | No | properties | anytime | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | bothcombined | read | No | No | none |
| Chemistry InMemory Server | none | No | properties | pwconly | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | metadataonly | none | Yes | No | join |
| EMC Documentum | manage | Yes | none | anytime | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | With Fulltext: bothcombined; Without Fulltext: metadataonly | read (not implemented for folders) | No | No | inneronly |
| eXo Platform[23] | manage | Yes | none | anytime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | bothcombined | read | Yes | No | none |
| IBM FileNet Content Manager[24] | manage | Yes | objectidsonly | pwconly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | bothcombined | none | Yes | No | innerandouter |
| IBM Content Manager | manage | Yes | none | pwconly | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | bothcombined | none | Yes | No | none |
| IBM Content Manager OnDemand | none | No | none | none | No | No | No | No | No | metadataonly | none | No | No | none |
| ISIS Papyrus Objects | none | Yes | none | none | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | none | none | No | No | none |
| NemakiWare[25] | manage | No | objectidsonly | pwconly | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | bothcombined | none | No | No | none |
| Nuxeo | manage | Yes | objectidsonly | pwconly | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | bothcombined | read | No | No | innerandouter |
| OpenText | manage | Yes | none | anytime | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | bothcombined | none | No | No | none |
Server libraries
A CMIS server library allows developers to create CMIS server applications.
| Software | Technology | Open source |
|---|---|---|
| NCMIS | .NET | Yes |
| OpenCMIS Server Framework (part of Apache Chemistry) | Java | Yes |
| VB.CMIS | .NET | Yes |
Client applications
A CMIS client application typically allows users to browse, read and modify content.
| Software | Technology | Open source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Drive | ? | No | Allows documents to be manipulated through Windows Explorer, Mac Finder, and Adobe software[26] |
| Atlassian Confluence + Crowd 3.5+/2.2.2+) | Java | No | Access, list, display, edit, upload and delete Enterprise Alfresco files from Confluence. By AppFusions. |
| CmisSync[27] | C# | Yes | Dropbox-like synchronization client |
| Connect-CMIS[28] (Connector in Pegasystems Inc. Pega 7) | Pega 7 | No | Allows for connectivity to any CMIS compliant server from Pega 7 |
| Drupal 7.x[29] | PHP | Yes | Can be configured as a CMIS browser |
| EveryDoc | C# | No | MS Office Integrations for CMIS compliant repositories (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) |
| Hippo CMS[30] | Java | Yes | Can be configured as a CMIS browser |
| HP Exstream LAL | Java | No | Framework to connect Live documents with CMIS repositories |
| IBM Content Navigator[31] | JavaScript / Dojo Toolkit | No | Web client for all IBM ECM repositories that also includes generic support for CMIS. |
| ionGrid's Nexus[32] | Java and Objective-C | No | View, present, and annotate corporate documents on mobile devices, even offline, with pixel perfect rendering |
| LibreOffice 4.0[33] | C++ | Yes | |
| Liferay 6.1[34] | Java | Yes | Synchronizes Liferay's document repository with CMIS servers |
| NemakiShare | Ruby/Rails | Yes | Part of NemakiWare, but entirely based on CMIS, using ActiveCMIS |
| OpenDataSpace[35] | C# | Yes | enhanced fork of CmisSync |
| Papyrus CMIS Adapter | Papyrus Objects | No | The module communicates with CMIS repositories directly through Papyrus Query Language (PQL) |
| Salesforce.com | Java | No | The Salesforce Files feature can be configured to rely on a CMIS server[36] |
| CMIS Connector (Module of the SilverStripe CMS) | PHP | Yes | The module can integrate external content via a CMIS connection into the SilverStripe CMS |
| Struts2CmisExplorer[37] | Java/Struts2 | Yes | |
| TYPO3[38] | PHP | Yes | |
| WordPress[39] | PHP | Yes | Can be configured as a CMIS browser |
Books and publications
- Alfresco CMIS, by Martin Bergljung, March 2014. Packt Publishing ISBN 9781782163527
- OpenCMIS Server Development Guide 2nd Edition, October 2014, at Github
- CMIS and Apache Chemistry in Action, July 2013, by Florian Müller, Jay Brown, and Jeff Potts. Manning Publications, ISBN 9781617291159
- Implementing a Case Management Modeling and Notation (CMMN) System using a Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) compliant repository, by Mike A. Marin and Jay A. Brown, April 27, 2015, at arXiv.org
See also
References
- ↑ http://chemistry.apache.org/project/cmis.html
- ↑ Robin Cover (2008-09-10), Vendors Publish Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Standard, The Cover Pages, retrieved 2010-04-16
- ↑ Müller, Florian; Brown, Jay; Potts, Jeff (2013). "foreword 1". CMIS and Apache Chemistry in Action. ISBN 978-1-617-29115-9.
- ↑ AIIM - The iECM Initiative
- ↑ AIIM - Interoperable ECM Standards Committee
- ↑ AIIM - Interoperable ECM - Fact or Fiction?
- ↑ Mary P McRae (2008-09-10), Proposed Charter for OASIS Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) TC, The Cover Pages, retrieved 2010-04-16
- ↑ "The CMIS v1.0 OASIS Standard Specification" (PDF).
- ↑ CMIS 1.1 approved and published
- ↑
- ↑ CMIS specification mailing list
- ↑ http://dotcms.com/blog/post/ignore-the-spec-cmis-1-0-is-for-web-content-management-too
- ↑ http://asserttrue.blogspot.de/2009/06/cmis-or-dmis.html#
- ↑ http://docs.oasis-open.org/cmis/CMIS/v1.1/cs01/CMIS-v1.1-cs01.pdf
- ↑ https://github.com/cincom-ecm-cmis-connector/NemakiWare
- ↑ "Installation and Configuration of Fabasoft Integration for CMIS" at http://www.fabasoft.com/web/guest/company/downloads/documentation
- ↑ http://wiki.logicaldoc.com/wiki/CMIS
- ↑ "Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) in SharePoint 2013". Microsoft Dev Center. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- ↑ "Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) connector overview (SharePoint Server 2010)". Technet.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ↑ SharePoint2010AdministrationToolkit.exe (2011-04-22). "Download: SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2.0 - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ "CMIS - Nuxeo Platform Developer Documentation". Doc.nuxeo.com. 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/CMIS#Enabling_the_Change_Log
- ↑ "CmisCompat report about eXo Platform". CmisCompat. 2014-07-17. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ↑ "CmisCompat report about IBM FileNet P8 Content Manager". CmisCompat. 2014-07-22. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ↑ "CmisCompat report about NemakiWare". CmisCompat. 2014-07-17. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ↑ http://help.adobe.com/en_US/creativesuite/cs/adobedrive/CMIS_Connector_TechNote.pdf
- ↑ http://cmissync.com/#arch
- ↑ "Pegasystems Inc.".
- ↑ "Cmis Api". drupal.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ "CMIS Replication Module - Introduction". Cmisreplication.forge.onehippo.org. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ https://www-304.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEUEX_2.0.3/com.ibm.installingeuc.doc/eucao001.htm
- ↑ "Nexus for IT". iongrid.com. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ↑ "LibreOffice 4.0 ReleaseNotes". LibreOffice. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ Alexander Chow (February 25, 2011). "Mounting Multiple CMIS Repositories on Liferay 6.1". Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ https://github.com/OpenDataSpace/CmisSync
- ↑ http://www.infoworld.com/t/cloud-storage/salesforce-realizes-nobody-wants-store-their-files-in-salesforce-226241
- ↑ "struts2cmisexplorer - Web-based CMIS explorer - Google Project Hosting". Code.google.com. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ "Documentation: CMIS". typo3.org. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ↑ "CMIS WordPress Plugin". nathanmcminn.com. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2014-04-16.