On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton < [email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not up for working on CMIS at this time, personally, but I think there > is an open-source toolkit from Alfresco that might help if it is not already > being used. John Newton was very keen on encouraging CMIS adoption, of > course. > Alfresco provides probably one of the best or better most complete implementations for CMIS in their CMS and would be my first choice for a server backend for any kind of testing ... > > I also agree that using the open-standards route for an adapter is a good > idea. > > Although Microsoft was very prominent on the OASIS CMIS Committee, and one > of the contributors of the initial specifications, I don't know which > version of Sharepoint provides CMIS access nor how well-developed it is. > This seems like the place to start though: < > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff934619.aspx>. > > This is interesting too, < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Management_Interoperability_Services>. > The client-side Apache Chemistry code is in Java, but it might be useful to > examine for design ideas. > > i know and it is fine, all our connectors were implemented as extensions and in Java. I think the realization as an extension is quite perfect because most (private) users don't need it. Juergen > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jürgen Schmidt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 00:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Oracle Connector for SharePoint > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:10 PM, David Nelson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Marcus (OOo) <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > The Connector for MS SharePoint (also for Alfresco's CMS and Oracle's > > > Universal Content Management (UCM)) wasn't part of the OOo development. > > > It was working for OOo, too, yes, but the main point was to have it for > > > StarOffice resp. Oracle Open Office. > > > > > > I don't think it will be part of the grant but of course I enjoy a good > > > surprise. ;-) > > > > There has been a little discussion of a CMIS plugin for LibreOffice. > > The conclusion was that such a project would be better off working > > from a fresh start. Anybody interested in getting involved? > > > > > i have it on my private agenda yes. I was deeply involved in both the > Alfresco and the Sharepoint connector and a more general CMIS connector was > in our heads already ;-) It will be probaly one of the first projects where > we can benefit from another Apache project (Chemistry). > > Juergen > > > > -- > > David Nelson > > > >
