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metadata and workflow support

ell — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:10:34 GMT

Hello thereI am new to Alfresco and I am trying to understand how could it possibly fit to the requirements I have for a content management system.1. Does Alfresco support customised content types and metadata?2. Can you search on customised metadata?3. Can you create reports on metadata (I.e give m

Re: metadata and workflow support

davidc — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:44:57 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for evaluating Alfresco. Here's some answers to your questions:

1. Yes - see http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=79 for details.
2. Yes - it's possible to specify which meta-data properties are indexed and how they're indexed - refer to the above for details.
3. Yes - there's a search component that allows you to query on metadata, content, location, category etc
4. Content expiration is not provided out-of-the-box. It's something we plan to add. However, it could be added with some custom development.
5. Metadata is held in the DB, Content in the filesystem - see http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=273 for more details.

Re: metadata and workflow support

jharvey — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:27:56 GMT

Hi,
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4. Content expiration is not provided out-of-the-box. It's something we plan to add. However, it could be added with some custom development.
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In the same vein, what content lifecycle does support Alfresco support? Is there support for future publishing dates etc.? Is this present in the enterprise version?

Best regards,