B.9 Web Publisher Changes

Following are a few of the changes made to Web Publisher in release 5.3:

• Enhancements made in Web Publisher editor as regards the rich-text editing features and query capabilities.

• Support for deep folder import.

• Support for Link Management in the Web Publisher <content> element.

• Support for drag and drop from individual desktops to system folders and items within Web Publisher, when using Internet Explorer.

• Support for multiple Folder Maps.

• Integration with Business Process Services (BPS), allowing users outside Docbase repositories to review content using external workflows.

• Support for multi-repository search using advanced search functionality.

• Support for a single Inbox containing tasks from multiple Docbase repositories.

• Enhancements in search functionality by virtue of a new searching algorithm, resulting in a faster search.

• Support for Discussion threads.

• Improvements in user interface (UI) such as visible Docbase repositories, user-selected columns, layout enhancements, etc.

• The following methods have been updated to execute as Java methods: wcmObjectBagMethod, wcmCreateTransformation, and wcmLifecycleMonitor.

• Newly introduced methods wcmVersionInfo and wcmAddEdition and newly introduced job Add_Edition_Job.

The features introduced or enhanced in Documentum release 5.3 are not just limited to those that have been listed under various headings in this chapter. There are several other features improved and introduced by Documentum in its massive product suite. Even though we have discussed several changes introduced by Documentum in its 5.3 release, a detailed explanation of each of these features can be obtained by going through the Documentum 5.3 System Migration Guide.