In one of the ECM
implementation – Alfresco
– we need to implement content
type and document metadata that have been designed
previously.
There are about 24 types of documents, and there are about 100 metadata
that need to be built in Alfresco. Of the 100 about metadata, there are
several properties that are shared properties. If calculated, each document type
on average has 15 metadata.
If using conventional methods, we estimate it will take about 1 week to
make it. Then we try to find a way or tool that can be used to shorten
the construction time, and we found SIDE-Labs.
Sidelabs is an IDE
that can be used developers to design custom models, and even workflow
in Alfresco. By using the SIDE-Labs, we will save much time on custom
model development.
Finally it only take 1 day to make 24 content types and approximately
100 metadata. For comparison, a web-client-config-custom.xml have
around 1700 lines of code, and customModel.xml has about 2300 codes.
Imagine if developers have to do it conventionally.
So if you plan to do in-house development with Alfresco,
and you have a lot of types of documents, we strongly recommend to use
the SIDE-Labs
as a tool.