CMIS doesn't expose a user object, so you're stuck here - but at least you have enough to call a platform specific service to get a better representation of the data for presentation purposes.
-Ryan On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Naresh Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > Forgot to mention that cmis:createdBy returns the username in case of > Alfresco instead of first and last name - that doesn't work for me. Sorry > to > comment on implementation specifics again, but just wanted to clarify that > I > was hoping for a platform agnostic way to do this. > > In any case, I will direct future platform specific questions to Alfresco > forums. Hopefully some of this stuff is configurable. > > Thanks again for your help. > > Naresh > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Naresh Bhatia <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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> > >> > > > > > -- 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>
