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Platform

The platform architecture consists of the repository and related services. The platform contains the key extension points for building your own extensions.

This section covers the platform architecture in detail. It also goes through Content Modeling, which is a fundamental part of setting up a content management system. Finally it covers the platform access protocols and the platform modularity.

  • Platform architecture The platform architecture consists of the repository and related services. The platform contains the key extension points for building your own extensions.
  • Content modeling Content modeling is a fundamental building block of the repository that provides a foundation for structuring and working with content.
  • Access protocolsAlfresco Content Services supports a number of different protocols for accessing the content repository. Their availability extends the options available to developers, when building their own applications and extensions.
  • Modularity The Alfresco Content Services system is modular. Every moving part is encapsulated as a service, where each service provides an external face in a formally defined interface and has one or more black-box implementations.
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