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Appendix 1: Content Management Interoperability
Services (CMIS)
In 2008, a committee was formed to standardize a web services interface specification to enable interoperability
of enterprise content management (ECM) systems. EMC, IBM, and Microsoft led the way by developing the initial
draft for the standard with other ECM vendors such as Alfresco, Open Text, Oracle, and SAP providing input
through the standardization process.
The resulting Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) standard makes use of web services and the
The resulting Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) standard makes use of web services and the
widely used Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Representational State Transfer (REST) protocol. Its
focus is on the basic content functions such as creating, reading, writing, deleting, and searching for content
across repositories. CMIS makes sure content repositories and solutions are able to interoperate by being
independent of operating systems and architectures. Figure 5 provides an overview of how the CMIS standard
works.
Figure 5. CMIS Standard Illustration
The significance of CMIS is that it provides a standards-based foundation to allow different ECM systems and
components to communicate. Vendors developing new ECM systems, connectors, or components will need to
ensure that they support the CMIS specification to ensure maximum interoperability and usefulness to end users.
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CMIS Implementation
Documentum
CMIS Implementation
IBM Content
Manager
CMIS Implementation
FileNet Content
Manager
CMIS Implementation
SharePoint
CMIS Implementation
JCR-Compliant
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Interoperable Content Application
(on any platform)
Service-oriented
Interface
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