CMIS 2.0, The Next Generation Word of Pie.
Short List
I’m just throwing a list of business cases that we need support for in CMIS. Specific features may not be all listed, but I will be listing some to give an idea. The goal here is to stimulate everyone’s collective mind and think about what we need in the next version.
- Semantic Support: I was working with some interested parties several months ago and realized that I could force many Semantic requirements into the current model. What was missing was the ability to query off of relationships. This will allow for more advanced relationship management. Mind you, more support for that management directly off of the CMIS domain model would be nice as well.
- Records Management: Right now, you can apply policies to a piece of content. In theory, that policy could be a retention policy. Some enhancements to policies might be nice in order to identify RM policies versus generic policies.
- Support for Defined Data Models: One thing that was readily apparent when building the CMIS demo was the challenges in managing the same metadata model against different repository implementations of that model. There were variations in naming and other details. It would be a great advantage if I could query the repository to determine if they support the needed data model and then just use it. This happens now when you use the field “cmis:id”. It maps to the real name underneath the hood which isn’t always “id”. For example, “r_object_id” is the actual field name for “cmis:id” within Documentum.
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