The Partner Symposium will take place on Monday morning, June 16th. We have asked a few partners to speak on specific technical topics of interest to developers.

Session Details

Customizing WebPublisher 5 AJ Whitney Senior Consultant Blue Fish Group This session will give an overview of how to customize the latest release of WebPublisher, WebPublisher 5.2. We will show real-world examples of popular customizations and will highlight how the customization model has changed from previous versions of WebPublisher. We will show you how to leverage your experience with WDK and will also cover new types of customizations such as how to customize the Applet-Based XML Forms Editor.

Rules Based XML Document Assembly John Koepp DeepBridge In this session learn how DeepBridge extended the standard XML capabilities of Documentum through a number of different approaches. The enhancements include XSL Extension Elements and Functions used to provide content retrieval and rule executions services. Operations once difficult to perform in XSL, such as token-based string replacement, are now expressed as custom XSL functions. Extensions are used to simplify the creation of business rules and enforce configuration management requirements they are also used to provide a simple way for business rule developers to create references to Documentum hosted art files and, optionally, download or export that art to a specified location. Another enhancement is "result set caching'. XSL style sheet execution is notoriously resource intensive, DeepBridge implemented a caching mechanism whereby a rule, when executed with a parameter set identical to a previously executed parameter set and which retrieves content that has not changed since the last execution, returns a "previously compiled" result set in lieu of re-evaluating the entire XSL Style sheet. Learn more about this and the other enhancements that DeepBridge have implemented.

Using Workflows To Increase Organizational Efficiency With Implementation Of Parametric Decision Making Rodrigo Figueroa Project Engineer Domain Systems A technologist centered presentation intended to provide advanced and senior staff with a simplified approach and working model for extending the use of their Documentum workflow capabilities. We will share methodology, tips, and samples that can be used in enhancing your current consultative toolbox to provide end-to-end effective solutions. The approach will focus on: Opportunity identification Problem formalization Solution correctness Implementation efficiency Deployment effectiveness The goal will be to enable the technical savvy audience to make a significant positive impact to their Documentum user community business process effectiveness. The tools will help focus the efforts of your next, or current, deployment and customization cycle(s) on (a) reducing the time duration in business processes, (b) increasing effectiveness, and (c) reducing errors/rework. This can be achieved where the decision-making traditionally made by human-user interaction is separated into parametric and non-parametric logical models. The parametric components are formalized and handled through automation. Using Documentum workflow provides the additional benefit of serving as both the model of the solution and the work product deliverable to the client.

Virtual "XML" Documents in Documentum 5 with Arbortext and .NET Jason Jolley Entology Utilizing Documentum 5's advanced XML capabilities, Virtual Document manager, workflow and lifecycle, this collaboration provided a sophisticated .NET based publish and search solution. The Epic editor from Arbortext, with its built-in Documentum integration, was the perfect editing tool. Technical design, issues and best practices will be discussed.

Building an integrated solution with eContent Server and eRoom. Jeff Rosler Consultant Flatirons With the acquisition of eRoom, Documentum now has a complete suite of products providing content management and collaboration. Flatirons Solutions has built a business-critical application supporting new product development of custom beverages using eContent Server and eRoom. This solution uses core content management capabilities from eContent Server, collaboration features of eRoom, and overall workflow and process management from the integrated solution. This session will cover the technical details of extending and customizing eRoom and of integrating eRoom and eContent Server. We will describe how we create and manage eRooms as part of a workflow, how we synchronize the eRoom and eContent Server repositories, and how we provide additional custom functionality on the overall Documentum platform. We will discuss COM/Java bridging required to integrate between DFC and the eRoom COM API, XML integration between eContent Server and eRoom, and web-based application customization.

Web Services and Beyond... Mark DuBrock Fujitsu Consulting Ever want to integrate your enterprise applications? Using Documentum's WDK/BOF in conjunction with web services provides an open medium for information exchange. This session will cover the following topics; Architectural options for WDK/BOF and Web Services Wrapping a component in a web service Calling a web service from a WDK/BOF Security considerations for leveraging Web Services Hear some of the strategies that Premier Partner Fujitsu Consulting has deployed, as well as some lessons learned, in conjunction with these technologies.

Migration of EDMS98 Applications to Webtop Lewis Taylor Technical Lead IBM This session will provide insight into the challenges and approaches in migrating an EDMS98 system to the latest Documentum Webtop client. From real migration experience attendees can expect to learn key aspects in planning, pitfalls and differences in the two environments. Specific areas of focus will include software upgrades, migration of customizations, conversion tips and tools, migration order, Webtop benefits, ongoing considerations. Suggested audience experience: Knowledge of developing Documentum applications and Documentum architecture

Integrating a Custom Application into Webtop Laurence Hart Infodata Systems Developing a custom Documentum 5 application may seem intimidating initially, but with proper planning, it can be very rewarding. The benefits from integrating an application into your Documentum Webtop environment far outweigh any initial learning curve. Proper planning is key as you need to design your custom application to insure that all of your hard work is not lost by the next Webtop upgrade. This session will demonstrate live the deployment of a custom Webtop application. This will include the integration into Documentum's Webtop and merging server side components and settings with those of Webtop. Common issues such as conflicts with other custom applications and the sharing of server resources will be examined. After the installation, we will test the new features live to determine if the integration was successful. The custom system, called AnnoDoc, will tightly integrate Documentum 5 with Acrobat 6.

Integrating Document-Centric Applications with Documentum 5 Matthew Brown Product Manager Workshare This session will detail how Workshare developed a document productivity solution for Documentum users by leveraging WDK. Learn how Workshare extended the WDK platform to add key document collaboration and control features for Documentum 5 & Webtop. Gain insight into the development effort required to integrate Microsoft® Office-centric applications with the Documentum 5 web-based architecture.