CMIS - The open standard for content management

Content  Management  Interoperability  Services  are  a  standard  for  improving interoperability between Enterprise Content Management systems. CMIS uses Web services and Web 2.0 interfaces to enable rich information to be shared across internet protocols in vendor-neutral formats, among document systems,
publishers  and  repositories,  within  one  enterprise  and  between  companies.
CMIS is not a new ECM interface; furthermore it defines a way to abstract the structure of any content repository into a common framework. Thus, content-centric applications can be developed in a repository independent manner. The focus is no longer set on technical possibilities but on business needs. Working with several repositories at once with one single user interface will soon be
the normal case.

Interoperability - Build into OpenWorkdesk

WeWebU is a member of the OASIS CMIS Technical Committee that defines the  new  standard.  Even  before  joining  the  OASIS  CMIS  TC,  WeWebU’s  products have combined data and processes from a wide range of ECM platforms in  one  unified,  process-oriented  work  environment.  With  CMIS,  WeWebU OpenWorkdesk and WeWebU Zero-Install Desktop Integration are interoperable with almost every ECM system and usable in a wide range of cross-repository scenarios now.

CMIS Plugfest - The proof

On May 24 to 26 the CMIS technical committee met to a so called face to face meeting and plugfest at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. From the WeWebU team out technical product manager James Michel and software engineer Alexander Haag participated. Read in the community forum the exciting news from that event and how OpenWorkdesk was tested against different CMIS compliant ECM repositories like Alfresco, EMC Documentum, IBM CM8, IBM FileNet P8, and Opentext.

(Photo courtesy of @jay_a_brown)