Thanks Ryan. I was using Alfresco just as an example. I was rather hoping that this would be a common use case handled by the CMIS/OpenCMIS and I would be able to do this in a platform agnostic way. But may be that's not true.
BTW, is there any extension mechanism in CMIS to add adhoc properties? Thanks. Naresh On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Ryan McVeigh <[email protected]>wrote: > These are Alfresco-specific questions and should be sent to the Alfresco > CMIS forum. However, you can use cmis:createdBy for author. I don't > recall > what Alfresco does for a description offhand. > > -Ryan > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Naresh Bhatia <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > One follow up question - I have a requirement to show the following > > attributes for a document on my front-end: > > > > - Title > > - Description > > - Full author name (e.g John Smith) > > > > What's the best way to do this with CMIS/OpenCMIS? Here's what I have > > tried: > > > > - Title: I am thinking of using cmis:name for this, although there > seems > > to a minor glitch. When I upload a document to my CMIS repository (an > > Alfresco instance) it sets cmis:name and cmis:contentStreamFileName to > > the > > filename, e.g. yearly-report.pdf. However when I change the document's > > name > > from Alfresco's front-end, it not only changes the cmis:name but also > > the cmis:contentStreamFileName. I was not expecting the latter to > change > > and > > don't know if it has any bad side-effects. > > - Description: Don't know how to handle this! > > - Full author name: Don't know how to handle this! > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks. > > Naresh > > > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Ryan McVeigh < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Those attributes at the top are atom elements, not CMIS ones. The spec > > > identifies what they should be though - for example title should be > > > cmis:name. The properties are all accessible but perhaps not exposed > > from > > > the OpenCMIS API when using the AtomPub binding of the server. This is > > > likely because the same properties aren't available in the web services > > > binding (e.g. summary), and OpenCMIS should be binding agnostic. To > > write > > > a > > > reasonably portal and binding-agnostic application, I'd suggest only > > > relying > > > on CMIS-specified properties instead of those from the atom entry. > > > > > > -Ryan > > > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Naresh Bhatia > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > I am trying to understand the CMIS spec by looking at the Atom output > > > from > > > > Alfresco. From the spec it looks like most CMIS attributes are > > > represented > > > > as Object properties. However when I look at the Atom output, there > are > > > > similar attributes floating outside of properties. For example > (highly > > > > simplified output): > > > > > > > > <entry> > > > > > > > > <author> > > > > <name>nbhatia</name> > > > > </author> > > > > > > > > <id>urn:uuid:5c92e5a7-8563-4a15-8b92-bb4d8ae55ae0</id> > > > > > > > > <title>cmis-article.pdf</title> > > > > > > > > <summary>Examples using CMIS, Abdera, & Chemistry</summary> > > > > > > > > <published>2011-05-25T17:15:36.740Z</published> > > > > > > > > <updated>2011-05-25T17:15:40.045Z</updated> > > > > > > > > <cmisra:object> > > > > <cmis:properties> > > > > <cmis:propertyString > propertyDefinitionId="cmis:createdBy"> > > > > <cmis:value>nbhatia</cmis:value> > > > > </cmis:propertyString> > > > > > > > > <cmis:propertyId propertyDefinitionId="cmis:objectId"> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <cmis:value>workspace://SpacesStore/5c92e5a7-8563-4a15-8b92-bb4d8ae55ae0</cmis:value> > > > > </cmis:propertyId> > > > > > > > > <cmis:propertyString propertyDefinitionId="cmis:name"> > > > > <cmis:value>cmis-article.pdf</cmis:value> > > > > </cmis:propertyString> > > > > > > > > <cmis:propertyDateTime > > > propertyDefinitionId="cmis:creationDate"> > > > > <cmis:value>2011-05-25T17:15:36.740Z</cmis:value> > > > > </cmis:propertyDateTime> > > > > > > > > <cmis:propertyDateTime > > > > propertyDefinitionId="cmis:lastModificationDate"> > > > > <cmis:value>2011-05-25T17:15:40.045Z</cmis:value> > > > > </cmis:propertyDateTime> > > > > </cmis:properties> > > > > </cmisra:object> > > > > > > > > </entry> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Are the attributes at the top (author, id, title, summary, > > published, > > > > updated) accessible via CMIS? > > > > - Why are the values of <id> and CMIS property objectId different? > > > > - Is the <summary> value accessible via CMIS? It does not seem to > be > > a > > > > CMIS object property. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Naresh Bhatia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ryan McVeigh > > > Director of Enterprise Integration > > > > > > office: 303.443.4004 x204 > > > cell: 720.841.4838 > > > fax: 877.569.7942 > > > Follow Me: > > > <http://twitter.com/#!/rmcveigh> > > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmcveigh>< > > > http://www.ziaconsulting.com/blog/rmcveigh> > > > > > > > > > -- > Ryan McVeigh > Director of Enterprise Integration > > office: 303.443.4004 x204 > cell: 720.841.4838 > fax: 877.569.7942 > Follow Me: > <http://twitter.com/#!/rmcveigh> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmcveigh>< > http://www.ziaconsulting.com/blog/rmcveigh> >
