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xCMIS: Open Source CMIS Implementation


eXo Platform Releases Open Source CMIS Implementation

New xCMIS Server Expands Open Source Choice in the Market, Optimized for GateIn Project


San Francisco, California, USA. February 11, 2010.

eXo Platform today introduced xCMIS, an open source implementation of the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification. Fully compliant with the latest CMIS 1.0 — cd06 specification, xCMIS supports eXo's standards-based Java content repository (JCR) and works with third-party CMIS clients as well as a new eXo CMIS client based on Google Web Toolkit (GWT). The xCMIS server is being released as open source code under the LGPL at http://code.google.com/p/xcmis/.

eXo's new GWT-based CMIS client offers the flexibility of building both standalone web applications and Google gadgets. Applications or gadgets created with this framework can be loaded from a remote location or integrated into a portal such as GateIn (http://gatein.org), the portal runtime co-developed by eXo and JBoss. The eXo CMIS client comes bundled in the xCMIS download, and will be accessible as a remote gadget leveraging GWT client libraries at http://xcmis.org.

Created by OASIS to enable greater interoperability of enterprise content management (ECM) systems, CMIS provides a common interface using either AtomPub or Web Services to enable content sharing across different content management systems. Applications are no longer tied to any one specific content repository, so developers can write new applications without concern for the development platform or language dependencies on any single content system. With xCMIS, eXo joins the rank of ECM providers that have rallied behind CMIS.

"eXo was founded on open standards, which remain core to our DNA," said Benjamin Mestrallet, CEO of eXo Platform. "We started with the industry's first Java portlet container, one of the first open source Java content repositories, one of the first enterprise OpenSocial implementations and now one of the most complete CMIS implementations available. In line with this commitment to open standards, we're making xCMIS widely available as open source to ensure that any developer can have access to a first-class CMIS server with which to write their applications."

The xCMIS server is available as a community beta release today with a production-ready version planned when the final CMIS 1.0 spec is ratified. Commercial support for xCMIS will be included in the next enterprise version of the eXo Platform, version 3.0, which will be based on GateIn. For more information on xCMIS or to participate in the project, visit http://xcmis.org.

eXo will be hosting a free one-hour webinar about xCMIS on 24 February 2010. The webinar will include an overview of the CMIS specification, an introduction to the features of xCMIS and a step-by-step tutorial for creating gadgets that can make newly unlocked content even more useful. To register for the webinar, visit http://www.exoplatform.com/portal/public/website/community/__webinar-xcmis.

Title: Beyond CMIS: How to Extend Your Content-Based Applications with xCMIS, the New CMIS Implementation from eXo Platform
Speakers: Benjamin Paillerau, eXo ECM Suite Product Manager and Jérémi Joslin, Developer Evangelist for eXo Platform
Language: English
Time: February 24, 2010, at 5pm GMT — 9am Pacific Time / 12PM Eastern Time
Audience: Java Developers who want to take a closer look at how CMIS allows them to build new applications that can use content in any of their existing repositories; they are free to build these applications in the language and on the development platform of their choice.

About eXo Platform

Known for its pioneering work with portal technologies and open standards, eXo Platform (http://exoplatform.com) extends Enterprise Java platforms with consumer web services such as social, collaboration, mashups and rich user interfaces. The Company offers a services-based architecture built on GateIn (http://gatein.org), the advanced open source runtime it co-develops, to deliver web applications and content. This architecture can be further enhanced with applications for content management, email, calendaring and other collaborative capabilities. eXo maintains U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, Calif. with global headquarters in France and offices in Tunisia, The Ukraine and Vietnam. For news and updates from eXo, follow @exoplatform on Twitter.


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Prepared by Robin Cover for The XML Cover Pages archive. For other details, see Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS).


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