You're about to try out the default configuration of Nuxeo EP, a document management application built on top of the Nuxeo ECM platform.
The purpose of this document is to help you make an informed decision about the for your next ECM projects.
Nuxeo is a complete, robust and extensible Java-based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform developed under an open source license by Nuxeo and a community of contributors. It is designed to enable the building and running of a large range of applications withing the ECM scope, closely matching enterprises' needs from the server to the desktop.
Applications are developed on top of the Nuxeo platform by using components composition and extension: all Nuxeo components provide services that can configured without writing any code, and can contribute these services to other components using «extension points». This technique encourages the creation of truly reusable components and enables to quickly create complex applications by assembling and configuring existing components. Building vertical applications on top of Nuxeo SP is dramatically easy: you just have to choose the services you want to use, configure them and create the vertical extensions you need.
Nuxeo EP is the server part of the Nuxeo platform.
It provides, out of the box and with a default (but customizable) set of document types and other setting, the following basic document management functions:
content creation in workspaces;
versioning;
history;
users rights management;
content validation and filing using file plans, also known as sections;
etc.
Nuxeo EP also integrates advanced and/or original features, such as:
domains, a new level above workspaces and sections, that makes it possible to make your site organization always more accurate and fit your needs;
relations between the documents;
documents life cycle and associated workflows;
graphical customization using themes.
The purpose of this Evaluation Guide is to present the global functioning of Nuxeo EP and to enable you to evaluate Nuxeo EP for your next ECM project. To this end, this guide describes the following processes:
content creation (workspace, document);
content management;
content validation;
rights management;
themes management.
While reading this guide and/or running the default application, you should stay aware that only a small part of all the available services are showcased in the default application.