CMIS is not very difficult to pick up. It provides a REST interface, but most people access it through a client library in their language of choice. The main place to get more information is the Apache Chemistry project:
https://chemistry.apache.org/ Alfresco is an open source enterprise content management system. You can download community edition here: http://www.alfresco.com/products/community Alfresco is not a web content management system. You run it behind the web tier, and interact with it through CMIS, through the Alfresco REST API, or through the Alfresco publishing system. The documentation is here: http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/index.jsp Answering questions about Alfresco is my day job, so don't be shy about asking. This blog post I wrote today might also help: http://richard.esplins.org/siwi/64 Richard On Monday May 27 2013 02:59:29 Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > As to the suggestion that the guy I'm designing this for store all the > files on his file system (and they're not just small image files, but large > video files and even binary programs as well) that was my first suggestion. > He has said that he is paranoid about people being able to gain access to > the content from outside the web page. When I asked him to clarify he said > that he wants to ensure that even if someone somehow was able to gain root > access through an exploit (buffer overrun, etc....) that all the hacker > would see is the web pages themselves. He is trying to make unauthorized > access to the files as difficult as possible by adding an additional layer > that the potential hacker would need to go through (in this case, the > Postgres engine). I'm sure there are easier/better ways of accomplishing > that, but I'll admit I drew a blank on what they were. Perhaps you guys > have suggestions? > > As to getting a content management system and querying with CIMS (or was it > CMIS?) I have no experience with doing such, so that would be a REAL > learning curve. Not that it doesn't intrigue me. But the few content > management systems I've seen are commercial products. I doubt I could > convince him to spend the money on such a setup. Now if there's an open > source content management system that is real good, then by all means, send > me URLS for reading it's manual or something. I'm quite curious. Just > because I have no experience in it presently doesn't mean I'm not > interested in gaining experience in it. :) > > > > I really appreciate all the help on this one guys! Thanks tons! <snip> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
