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HyperContent 2.0
Common Solutions Group
September 21, 2005
Alex Vigdor, Columbia University
What is HyperContent?
• A platform for managing web sites in a
distributed environment
• A stable, scalable Java web application
• A solution designed by and for Higher
Education
• Truly open source (MIT License)
• A JA-SIG sponsored project
Key Features
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Edit and publish sites from a web browser
Store XML and publish XML, HTML or PDF
Keep a history of file revisions
Enforce granular permissions
Set up approvals, notifications and schedules
Publish locally, over NFS, FTP or SFTP
Automatically generate navigation and site maps
A little background
• Under continuous development since May 2002 at
Columbia University
• In production at Columbia since early 2003
• Sponsored by the JA-SIG since March 2004
• Implemented by 6+ other schools
• Over 50 web sites currently published with v1.4
• v1.x implemented as a uPortal channel
• Version 2.0 is a standalone web application with
integrated web server, workflow engine, and
cluster-capable batch processing
Business model
• Columbia has a web production group offering
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project management
information architecture
graphic design
site implementation
training & support
• Content experts author and publish their own sites
• 5 central FTEs service dozens of departments
• the eServices Integration group at the University
of Hull offers a similar centralized web production
service using HyperContent
Content Authoring tools
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WYSIWYG HTML & XML editing
Image convert, crop and resize
Drag & drop navigation and site map management
Dublin Core metadata
vCard contact information w/LDAP lookup
Multilingual spell checker
Upload & download arbitrary file types
Plain text editing for any text file type
Architecture: Foundation
• Repository API with versioning, locking,
searching and metadata support
– implementations include local, FTP & SFTP
• Asynchronous processing engine
– automatically distributes batch rendering and
publishing jobs across server clusters
• Event-driven workflow engine
– Flexible XML scripts configure events, schedules, work
queues, and sequences of commands that may send emails, trigger batch jobs, move work between queues,
or execute any custom plug-in
– Event & handler model supports loose coupling with
other systems
Architecture: Web Content
• Extensible rendering pipeline configuration
– filters for XML Includes, XSL transforms, Velocity
templates, image resizing and watermarking, and more
– persistent caching maximizes performance
– recursive dependency analysis guarantees content
freshness
• Integrated HTTP 1.1 server
– tuned for dynamic content management
• HTML form input binding
– bind individual inputs to specific processors
– processors can expire inputs to prevent re-submission
Architecture: Enterprise
• Pluggable authentication
– Uses JAAS LoginModules
– Compatible with JA-SIG CAS
• LDAP support
– Grab display name, notification e-mail address
– Manage contact info and directories on web sites
• External web and file server support
– Use network mounted drives, FTP or SFTP
• uPortal support
– Feed XML or XHTML to uPortal, use single sign-on
for transparent security
Roadmap
• The Version 2 beta cycle is winding down,
will be final this month
• Upcoming development priorities include
– Next-generation XML/HTML WYSIWYG
editor
– WSRP and UDDI portlet publishing
– Integration with JA-SIG Groups & Permissions
– WebDAV support
For more information
Visit http://hypercontent.sourceforge.net
contact
Alex Vigdor
[email protected]
HyperContent Architect & Project Manager
Web site screenshots
GUI Screenshots
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