Alfresco (software)

Alfresco
	; Alfresco Share / Repository Browser ; (Community Edition)
Basic data
developer	Alfresco Software Limited
Publishing year	November 1, 2005
Current version	6.0 ; ( July 2018 )
operating system	Platform independence
programming language	Java , JavaScript
category	ECMS (ECM / CMS / DMS)
License	GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0
German speaking	Yes
	www.alfresco.com (German)

Alfresco is free document management software for electronically stored documents. In addition to the usual functionality ( records management and workflow ), the current version offers the option of managing web content .

features

Alfresco provides a virtual file system for document storage. LibreOffice , Apache OpenOffice , ONLYOFFICE or Microsoft Office users can save, open and jointly edit documents in directories as usual. The data stored there can be automatically z. B. rule-based or policy-controlled z. B. converted into an XML format or PDF. It offers an integrated workflow engine with BPMN 2.0 support, extended and storable search options based on Lucene , records management and check-in / check-out and version control. As of version 2.1, integration in Office 2003 is available via a plug-in. For the integration of the 2007 and 2010 office packages, parts of the MS Sharepoint protocol stack are supported from version 3.3.

Alfresco supports the following open standards and quasi-standards:

Repository API: CMIS , REST API, Java Content Repository API , SOAP web services
User protocols: Windows Share ( SMB / CIFS ), NFS , FTP , WebDAV , IMAP
Identity Management / SingleSignOn: LDAP , MS Active Directory
Portal integration: JSR 168
APIs: Java, JavaScript, PHP
Workflow: BPEL / jBPM and BPMN 2.0 / Activiti

architecture

Alfresco is based on open source technologies such as Spring , JBoss , jBPM , MyBatis , Lucene or JavaServer Faces . The modular Java architecture, using the Spring framework, allows new functionality to be added or changed without having to change the actual code of the application.

Paid services

In addition to the free version Community Edition of Alfresco, for which no maintenance or technical support is offered, there is the paid Alfresco One version, which, in addition to extensive enterprise features (including clustering, JMX monitoring), also offers maintenance and support services for the Alfresco software Ltd. includes.

documentation

Holger Reibold: Alfresco compact . Brain-Media.de, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95444-210-2 , pp. 130 ( brain-media.de ).

Web links

Commons : Alfresco (software) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

MediaWiki: Category: Alfresco - Free Wiki Software

Individual evidence

↑ Alfresco Product Support Status . (English, accessed July 28, 2018).
↑ The alfresco Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page . In: Open Hub . (accessed on July 18, 2018).
↑ sourceforge.net . In: SourceForge . (accessed December 22, 2016).
^ SharePoint, Alfresco, Oracle Beehive, Lotus Quickr . Collaboration software in comparison In: Computerwoche , June 18, 2009

[_fba4b9f3d25a591f-1] Alfresco Product Support Status . (English, accessed July 28, 2018).

[_bd1ae7970595d6bc-2] The alfresco Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page . In: Open Hub . (accessed on July 18, 2018).

[_f65bb7537d9ce417-3] sourceforge.net . In: SourceForge . (accessed December 22, 2016).

[4] SharePoint, Alfresco, Oracle Beehive, Lotus Quickr . Collaboration software in comparison In: Computerwoche , June 18, 2009