Pawel, Slide can do everything you need, but a web interface to do all of that has not been written (that I'm aware of, at least). I'm actually in the process of creating something that does almost exactly what you're describing, so I can give you some tips here.
What I'm working on has a two-part interface. There's a web-only interface that allows for browsing the file/folder structure, editing metadata* and editing security settings. This interface also supports a facet-browsing mode where users can view all the documents at once and filter the list by choosing metadata values*. The second part of the interface uses Microsoft's WebFolders to allow users to upload and manipulate files. From the web-only interface a user can click an icon that will, if they are running Internet Explorer, open a WebFolder view of the collection they are currently viewing and allow them to manipulate files. Metadata editing* is accomplished through strongly-typed web forms. The user chooses the "type" of the document they are editing which then loads a content-type definition that includes an edit form and validation rules for that type. * Some of the features aren't done yet. Specifically the metadata-related features. I'm working on it, though :). I'm developing this using Cocoon, and (almost) all communication with Slide is using the Slide client library. The only exceptions to this are the direct webdav requests made by WebFolders and other WebDAV aware clients (MS Word, OOo) that are able to read/write directly to Slide. -James >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/6/2004 10:28:12 AM >>> Hello, I am currently working on a project for my company that could help to manage documents, their versions and - the most important - their descriptions provided by set of attributes attached to the document. I found that project Slide on the Internet and I think it is quite really interesting for this purpose. I came to those questions: Is there a posibility to extend Slide in such a way we get an interface to enter in a special form (on a web page) those attributes before (or maybe just after) storing the document into the repository? I mean is there any posibility to extend actions like PUT, GET, etc. in order to present to the user the form into which he or she can enter the properties describing the resource? What should I do in order to search the database in order to get the list of files containing some text entered as a query? I consider I should use a WebDAV's SEARCH method, but this is through the DAV protocol. I want to develop a web form, the user can enter query into it, and then he or she gets the results of the query in a simple web page. Is there a posibility to provide a functionality to allow the user to click on a resource in order to edit and _save_ the file back into the repository? I am sorry for those simple questions, but I cannot find any resource in the Internet that could help me overcome those problems I wrote above. Thanks. -- Greetings, Pawel Garbacz PS To Oliver Zeigermann: sorry - you are absolutely right! ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
