topic Re: repository concepts in Alfresco Archive

repository concepts

fluca1978 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:10:55 GMT

Hi all,this could sound trivial, but I'd like to see if I get it right the Alfresco repository model and terminology.The repository is split into stores, that are logical partitions over data. Each store is identified by a schema and a name, like workspace://SpacesStore. The schema should represent

Re: repository concepts

mrogers — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:29:18 GMT

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Terminology_Guide.

The repository contains stores. Which can be logical and physical partitions of data.

"app:" means the "application" namespace. Company Home is in the app namespace. There's a difference between the name of a folder and its path. In the simplest FileFolder case they may be related however that's not always true.

Re: repository concepts

fluca1978 — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:31:21 GMT

Thanks,
but what is not really clear to me is what the application namespace provides as added value to a store. I mean, what would be the difference (from a semantic point of view) of having /app:company_home and /cm:company_home ?

Thanks.

Re: repository concepts

mrogers — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:26:03 GMT

None whatsoever. And for 90% of cases you will just use the "cm" namespace.

However you could have both cm:company_home and app:company_home in the same folder, and distinguish between them. I'm sure there are cases where it comes into play.

Actually there are slight differences with the way that the app namespace is managed, for example you can't rename it, but that's a very special case.