Standard interfaces
Documentum provides a number of standard interfaces in addition to the DFC API,simplifying access to the repository from authoring applications, application servers, andother components of the enterprise infrastructure. The standard interfaces include: ODBC and OLEDB Many reporting tools, such as Crystal Reports and MicrosoftAccess, leverage Microsoft data access protocols for…
Interface Layer
Web Servers Clients and applications use the interface layer to communicate withContent Server and interact with the content repository. The interface layer consists ofDocumentum Foundation Classes (DFC) and a number of standard interfaces built on topof DFC. Documentum Foundation Classes Documentum Foundation Classes (DFC) represents the richest API exposing allDocumentum…
Documentum History
Howard Shao and John Newton formed a company named Documentum in June 1990, while they were working at Ingres and found a solution to unstructured information management problems using relational database technology. With initial backing from Xerox, they developed a customized system for Boeing to organize, store, maintain, and selectively…