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Nuxeo 2011A brief overview of what's coming next

Thierry Delprat

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Agenda● A quick look at 2010 Roadmap● 2011 Roadmap

● new features● infrastructure improvements● distributions● integration tools● tools and goodies

● Last words

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About 2010 RoadmapBased on Roadmap published in early 2010

CMIS

New service mode

Nuxeo Correspondance

Nuxeo SDS

Record Management

Semantic extensions Available on marketplace

Better Windows integration New installer and WSS improvements

OpenCMIS integrated

Improve workflows toolbox Document Routing and Content Automation

Report Engine integration work will begin very soon

Extend UI tool box Content Views and Layouts

Windows server integration

Extend Studio

Nuxeo Developer edition New test framework + tomcat distrib

Extension point hot reload Some extension points are now reloadable

CMF and Correspondance availables

First version available via partner

In progress (Core already available)

Core Server Available

micro Core Not needed for now

Desktop edition Still needs to be officialy released

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About 2010 Roadmap● What was not on the initial roadmap

● Nuxeo Marketplace and Update service● JBoss 5 alignment and static EAR packaging● OSGi packaging improvements● Faceted Search and Smart Search● Content Automation as Web Service API● a lot of VCS improvements

(client / server mode, queries, versioning ...)

… and a lot of small things …

➔ it's not no bad, right ?

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Nuxeo 2011Preliminary Roadmap for 2011

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Main drivers for 2011● Continue leverage modularity of the platform

(but not only for developers)

➔ more distributions and deployment targets➔ more tools to confgure and assemble

● Keep the platform “cutting edge”➔ keep infrastructure up to date➔ integrates latest technologies and standards

● R&D projects➔ Semantic, Cloud, OSGi …

● You and your ideas !

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Nuxeo 2011● What can you expect from the next releases

● 5.4.x, 5.5 … and may be 6

new features infrastructure improvements new distributions new or improved tools

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Features [5.4.x]● Layouts and Content Views

● extend usage of Content Views(directories, audit records ...)

● use Content Views for exporting listings (rss, atom, csv, ms-Excel, pdf ...)

● integrate Layouts and Content Views with– GWT– WebEngine and Freemarker

➔ Uniform model and confguration ➔ for all screens➔ for all view technologies

➔ Check Anahide's presentation

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Features● Content Routing [5.4.x]

● continue extend Content Routing feature– better UI and better task management

● integrate as default WF engine in DM and CAP– JBPM is too complex for most use cases

➔ Easier confguration and customization➔ for integrators (from Nuxeo Studio)

➔ for users (directly from the web interface)

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Features● OpenSocial [5.4.x & 5.5]

● gadgets / portal– lot of small improvements– upgrade GWT gadget container– become OAuth provider

● social features– timeline management– contact management– community management

➔ make Workspaces more collaborative➔ built Social Portals on top of Nuxeo EP

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Features

● Reporting [5.4.x]● package default integration with BIRT reporting

– integrate Nuxeo security for accessing reports– confgure reports parameters from Nuxeo– publish reports results in Nuxeo– schedule reports

➔ easy and powerful business reports➔ leverage VCS clean SQL schema !

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Features● Record Management [5.5]

● fnish RM implementation– Record repository is already done

● integrate as much as possible reusable features– Dispositions (Document Routing)

– Listings and fltering (Content Views)

– Rules and retention policies (Content Automation)

– ...

➔ provide DOD 5015.2 certifed distribution➔ extend life-cycle management features of CAP/DM

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Features● Bulk operations [5.4.x / 5.5]

● integrate generic Bulk Edit – leverage work done in Layouts and DAM

● improve import for multiple fles– add support for import sets– include meta-data editor on import set

● simplify chained operations on listing– back to list and next item links

➔ improve productivity for content admins

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Features [5.4.x & 5.5]

● Semantic extensions ● updated Semantic linking feature

– will be available on Marketplace soon● more integration into Nuxeo EP of R&D work➔ Check Olivier and Stefane's talk

● Smart phone integration● IPhone / iPad clients● Android client➔ Check Benjamin and Stefane's talk

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Roadmap 2011

That's all for planned features …

Now let's talk about infrastructure !

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Infrastructure improvements● Full OSGi support [5.4.x & 5.5]

● extend native OSGi support ● provide tools for OSGi development

(OSGi artifact repositories, Maven/Eclipse tools …)

● improve components life-cycle management

➔ deploy full Nuxeo DM on pure OSGi container(like Equinox, Virgo or Felix)

➔ better component life-cycle management(hot reload and activation)

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Infrastructure improvements● Extend update system [5.4.x]

● extend dependencies management(manage artifact dependencies)

● improve hot-reload support● extend package selection rules

(project, user profle, ...)

➔ use update center as a delivery system➔ bootstrap DM from a simple Core Server

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Infrastructure improvements● Document Repository improvements

● support facets on document instances [5.4.x] (dynamic schemas)

➔ easy placeful confguration➔ make customization easier

● CMIS binding improvements [5.4.x]➔ Relations, Renditions, ACLs

● Cloud dedicated storage [5.4.x] ➔ easy scaling on cloud architecture

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Infrastructure improvements● Multi-tenancy support [5.4.x & 5.5]

● add per-tenant confguration(users, groups, Document types, workfows ...)

● may be add per-tenant data partitioning(using the same repository for 2 tenants …)

● provide associated administration features

➔ easy use of Nuxeo EP for building SaaS solutions

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Infrastructure improvements● Get ready for JEE6 [5.5 or 6.0]

● align on JSF 2 and JSR 299 (WebBeans)(major upgrade for Seam/JSF/RichFaces)

● limit JBoss Seam dependencies(use JEE CDI)

● JPA 2.0 and Servlet 3.0● support deployment on JEE 6 App Server

(could be JBoss 6)

➔ leverage standardization of technologies used(Seam, AJAX4JSF and RichFaces)

➔ be ready for the Next Gen app servers

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Infrastructure improvements● Leverage HTML5 [5.4.x & 5.5]

● migrate browser helpers to HTML 5(drag&drop, LiveEdit ...)

● simpler offine mode● improve Pictures, Audio and Video native support

(canvas, flters, video players ...)● extend rich text edition features

(ContentEditable)

➔ leverage this «new» standard➔ limit the requirements for additional plugins

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Roadmap 2011

that's all for planned infrastructure improvements … ( and that should really be enough! )

.. now let's talk about distributions and tools !✔ assemble

✔ confgure✔ integrate

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Distributions● new functional distributions

● Nuxeo RM : Record Management – record management solution based on EP– will also be available as a DM plugin

● Desktop client – just need to fnish the packaging !

● new technical distributions● OSGi based distribution of CS, CAP and DM● Content Warehouse Server

– release Feed server, Harvesters ...

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Integration Tools● Content Automation [5.5]

● add JAXB and SOAP binding● add JMS Connector● add support for custom Domain Model Objects

(integrate operations with adapters)● add generic operations to do Web Service calls

➔ extend usage of Content Automation services➔ be more compliant with SOA and ESB architectures

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Integration Tools● Studio [5.4.x]

● provide confguration screens for all new features– extend support for Content Views, Document Routing...

● profle / multi-project management● better integration with Java Dev env

– better java dev integration (Maven, JUnit ...)– extend support for custom widgets and operations

…. and probably a lot more !

➔ make Studio more powerful➔ use Studio and Java IDE at the same time

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Tools and goodies [5.4.x]● new http based Nuxeo Shell (Marketplace)

● integrated with Content Automation● new multi-platform installer

● PostgreSQL bundle● more monitoring tools and probes (Marketplace)

● new VCS Blob Store implementations● SQL based and S3

● WebEngine and Seam integration● new WebDav connector (Marketplace)

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Now, let's go back to work !● we have a lot of work for 2011 !

● we'll do our best to complete this Roadmap

● as always ● your inputs can change the Roadmap

● we expect a lot of additional features● coming from support and projects requirements● coming from contributors and partners

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Thank you!