Sharepoint Items vs Alfresco Content Type

[umbro]

Hi,

Items in sharepoint can have fields(properties) and you can add any number of attachment in it.
How is this implemented in Alfresco.

If you want to create a content that is a Request for Proposal, where you enter some general information and be able to attach any detailed documents with it.
How is is done in alfresco?

best regards
Ryan

[nancyg]

If I understand your question correctly, you can implement the desired behavior with associations. For instance, you could create a custom type for Request for Proposal that has the appropriate properties and also associations to other content. Associations define relationships between content.

You can find a good article on creating custom types and associations on Jeff Pott's web site, http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series.

Nancy

[umbro]

Nancy, thanks for the reply.

Using associations requires the user to upload each related document to the repository first, and then add them to my custom content.
The related documents would be loose coupled objects whereas I want to have them tightly coupled when creating them in my content.

I'd like to have the related documents "not visible" elsewhere but in the content that I created.
No other content, even content of the same custom content type can  relate to the same document.

best regards,
Ryan