Professional Alfresco: Practical Solutions for Enterprise Content Management

PART I: GETTING TO KNOW ALFRESCO.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING ALFRESCO.

What Is Enterprise Content Management?

Alfresco Overview.

Content Applications.

Alfresco and Your Environment.

What is Professional Open Source Software?

CHAPTER 2: ARCHITECTURE.

Guiding Principles.

A High-Level Overview.

The Alfresco Content Application Server.

Content Modeling.

The Alfresco Web Application Framework.

Deployment Options.

The Enterprise Infrastructure.

CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP AN ALFRESCO ENVIRONMENT.

Installing Alfresco.

Deploying Extensions.

Debugging Tips.

PART II: GETTING TECHNICAL WITH ALFRESCO.

CHAPTER 4: SERVICES.

Content Repository Services.

Content Application Services.

How Services Are Built.

Using Services.

Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS).

CHAPTER 5: CONTENT MODELING.

Modeling in Context.

Deploying a Content Model.

The Content Metamodel Explained.

Out-of-the-Box Models.

A Step-by-Step Custom Model.

Creating Content with JavaScript.

Model Localization.

The Relationship to CMIS.

CHAPTER 6: AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY.

Alfresco Authentication.

Alfresco Security.

Authorities.

Permissions.

Access Control Lists.

Public Services.

Modifying Access Control.

Access Control Extension.

Implementation and Services.

CHAPTER 7: BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT.

Introduction to Workflow in Alfresco.

Defining a Workflow in Alfresco.

Creating the Process Definition.

The Task Model.

Customizing Behavior.

Configuring the Explorer Web Client.

PART III: EXTENDING ALFRESCO WITH RESTFUL SERVICES.

CHAPTER 8: INTRODUCING WEB SCRIPTS.

Types of Web Scripts.

The Web Script Framework.

Hello World Web Script.

Listing Already-Built Web Scripts.

Where Can I Invoke a Web Script?

Authenticating.

Response Formats.

Anatomy of a Web Script URI.

Working with Client Limitations.

Caching.

CHAPTER 9: HOW TO CREATE A WEB SCRIPT.

Components of a Web Script.

Creating a Description Document.

Creating a Controller Script.

Creating a Response Template.

Registering and Testing.

Multiple Response Templates.

Step-by-Step: Knowledge Base Search Web Script.

Complex Root Objects Reference.

CHAPTER 10: ADVANCED WEB SCRIPTS.

Internationalization.

Configuration.

Content Negotiation.

Multipart Form Processing.

Request Processing.

Caching.

Advanced Descriptor Options.

CHAPTER 11: JAVA-BACKED WEB SCRIPTS.

Step-by-Step: Folder Listing Java-Backed Web Script.

Java Approach to Web Scripts.

Spring-Framework Registration.

Creating a New Kind of Web Script.

PART IV: EXTENDING SHARE.

CHAPTER 12: UNDERSTANDING THE SURF FRAMEWORK.

What Is Surf?.

Basic Concepts.

Putting It into Action.

View Composition.

Presentation Content.

Connectors and Credentials.

Getting Involved.

CHAPTER 13: LEVELS OF CUSTOMIZATION.

Overview.

The Alfresco Repository.

Alfresco Explorer.

Alfresco Share.

CHAPTER 14: CUSTOM KNOWLEDGE BASE: GETTING STARTED.

Installing the Code.

Putting It into Action.

Sample Code.

CHAPTER 15: CUSTOM KNOWLEDGE BASE: BASIC SHARE CUSTOMIZATIONS.

Installing the Code.

Putting It into Action.

CHAPTER 16: CUSTOM KNOWLEDGE BASE: ADVANCED SHARE CUSTOMIZATIONS.

Installing the Code.

Putting It into Action.

CHAPTER 17: INTEGRATING WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS.

Why Integrate Content Management into Applications?

Application Integration Options.

Patterns of Content Management Integration.

Example Integrations.

PART V: APPENDICES (ONLINE ONLY).

APPENDIX A: RESTFUL API REFERENCE.

APPENDIX B: SURF PLATFORM API REFERENCE.

APPENDIX C: REPOSITORY FREEMARKER TEMPLATE API.

APPENDIX D: REPOSITORY JAVASCRIPT API REFERENCE.

APPENDIX E: SURF QUICK REFERENCE.

INDEX.