topic Re: How to manage a custom content type in Alfresco Archive

How to manage a custom content type

manuelgentile — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:46:43 GMT

I want to use Alfresco to store, create, edit, search etc etc a specific content type.I need help to undestand the right way, to do that.In particular…I have a specific xml schema …..1) so to store this kind of xml data i have to define a custom model 2) the i have to create some java beans to allow

Re: How to manage a custom content type

manuelgentile — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:10:04 GMT

I need to implement a solution before the end of september…..

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Re: How to manage a custom content type

anweber — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:15:38 GMT

Hello Manuel,

    The "normal" way to define a custom type in Alfresco, is to extend the dataModel (see http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide).

   In your case, if you have to store XML instances, you could instead store it as content of simple files (or other Alfresco objects) and manage the serialization yourselves. If you do that, you will lost some search capabilities on object's properties (because your data are not mapped to object's properties). It could be a good solution if your XML structures are complex. But if your data structures are simples, I think it should be better to use the extension of the Alfresco data model.

         Regards,

               Andre

Re: How to manage a custom content type

manuelgentile — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:24:58 GMT

Thanks Andre
My strucutre is a bit complex…. but i don't wat to store xml file as a content file.
The Alfresco data model is not very useful for xml data yet,
it doesn't' support xml import if a model is not already defined for example.

I hope in a schemaToModel tool and in the xform features.
Hovewer I have a due date for september… Gavin, Kevin have you some advices?
What's the right way!?!?