Documentation on Aspects

[ramprasad]

Is there a place where I can get descriptions of OOTB Aspects? I found definitions in the 5.2 documentation for only a few. There are aspects like Permissionable, Partable, etc that are not present in that section. Looked at the contentModel.xml file as well but the descriptions are not there. Is there any other location where I can find this?

[muralidharand]

Can you please share the documentation link?

[afaust · Accepted solution]

AFAIK there are no "more detailed" descriptions of most aspects. Some of the aspects in the contentModel.xml are related to features the old Explorer UI had, which are no longer available after its removal. Some are used as internals for functionalities, e.g. like rating. And then a large sub-set is mainly there as generic, sample model elements which are not tied to any functionality and could be used just as simple, semantic models, e.g. "Summarisable" which only adds a single property to hold a summary text for a specific content item.

[ramprasad]

Ok Thanks. I was hoping to find documentation  in case the aspects had special behavior.

[Overwerkt]

Alfresco Aspects Out of the Box

Last Updated:  3/8/2018

Aspects allow developers to add functionality to enhance existing content types.  Developers can also attach behaviors and workflows to aspects. The following table lists the aspects available out of the box.

See Applying Aspects. 

Aspects Out of the Box

Aspects	Description	Changes in Behavior / Share Interface
Audio	Enables capturing and viewing of additional audio-related metadata of a content item. This aspect is automatically applied to an audio content item.	Adding the Audio aspect displays additional information about the audio file in the document properties. This includes information such as Album, Artist, Composer, and Track Number.
Classifiable	Enables categories to be assigned to a content item. For example, content items can be categorized under Languages, Region, Software Document Classification, and so on.	Adding Classifiable aspect displays an additional Categories property in the document properties.
Complianceable	This aspect is no longer valid. For compliance-related behavior, use the Alfresco Records Management module.	N/A
Dublin Core	Enables metadata (such as publisher, contributor, identifier) to be added to a content item.	Displays the following additional metadata properties in the document properties: ·         Publisher ·         Contributor ·         Type ·         Identifier ·         Source ·         Coverage ·         Rights ·         Subject
Effectivity	No description provided	Effective From: (None) Effective To: (None)

Aspects	Description	Changes in Behavior / Share Interface
Emailed	Captures email-related information of the content item, if it is received as an email attachment.	Adding the Emailed aspect displays additional properties (such as Originator, Addressee, Addresses, Sent Date and Subject) in the document properties.
EXIF	Enables capturing and viewing of additional image-related metadata of a content item. This aspect is automatically applied to an image content item.	Adding the EXIF aspect displays additional information (such as Camera Model, Camera Software, Resolution Unit) about the image in the document properties.
Geographic	Enables a content item to be geographically tagged using latitude and longitude information. The location of content item is displayed as a marker on Google Maps. Click on the marker to display the Document Details page for that content item.	Adding the Geographic aspect displays additional Latitude and Longitude properties on the Edit Properties page. Also, the View on Google Maps link is displayed in the Document Actions.
Index Control	Enables control over how a content item is indexed.  See Controlling Indexes.	Adding the Index Control aspect displays additional Is Indexed and Is Content Indexed in the document properties. ·      Is Indexed: Yes ·      Is Content Indexed: Yes
Inline Editable	Enables content items to be edited directly in Alfresco Share.	Adding the Inline Editable aspect displays the Edit in Alfresco Share link in the document properties.
Summarizable	Enables addition of a brief description about the content item.	Adding the Summarizable aspect displays additional Summary property in the document properties.
Taggable	Enables tagging of content items using keywords. In Alfresco Share, content items are taggable by default.	Adding the Taggable aspect displays the tagged keywords in the Tags section. You can also search for content items in the Document Library using the keywords displayed.
Versionable	Enables versioning of a content item each time it is edited (checked out and checked back in or updated). In Alfresco Share, content items are versionable by default.	Adding the Versionable aspect displays the version history of a content item in the Version History.