What is Documentum

What is Documentum?
Documentum is an enterprise content management software that provides management of content
and attributes such as check-in, check-out, workflow, and version management. The Documentum
product is a three-tier, client-server system built on top of a relational database.
A Docbase is a Documentum repository that stores document content, attributes, relationships,
versions, renditions, formats, workflow, and security.
Documentum Query Language (DQL), an extended SQL dialect, is used to query Documentum
data.
A Docbase is the equivalent of an RDBMS instance plus document content files. The metadata is
stored in the underlying relational database management system (RDBMS), and the content is
stored as binary large objects (BLOBs) in the database or as files stored within the file-system of
the server system.

 

Documentum product family
-Content Server

Content Server is the core functionality that allows users to create, capture, manage,deliver, and
archive enterprise content. Content Server provides full set of standard content management
services, including library services (check in and check out), version control, and search
capabilities.
-FAST index Server
Enables you to rapidly locate information in a repository. FAST index server indexes all content
files and properties in a repository, creating a searchable index.
-Content Tranformaton Server
A suite of Documentum server products that perform transformations and analysis on repository
content. CTS include ADTS, DTS, MTS and XTS.
-DFC
Known as documentum foundation classes. Key part of the Documentum software platform. Java
based. Provides an object-oriented framework for accessing the capabilities of the Content Server.
Can be used by developers.

-Content Service for SAP (SAP econnector)
Provides the following functions:
• Enables users to easily access and display documents stored in a Documentum repository from
a variety of SAP modules.
• Links documents stored in Documentum to a variety of SAP documents.
• Archives SAP data, reports, and documents through ArchiveLink certified interfaces in
Documentum.
• Stores and manages reports and outgoing documents in Documentum.

-Webtop
An easy-to-use interface that allows users to access Documentum repositories and content
management services within a standard browser application.
-DAM (Digital Asset Manager)
An easy-to-use interface that allows users to access Documentum repositories and content
management services within a standard browser application.
-DA
Documentum Administrator enables you to monitor, administer, configure, and maintain
Documentum servers, repositories by a web browser.
-Composer
Documentum Composer provides tools to create and customize applications for Documentum
Content Server.
Composer is an Eclipse-based product, usually used by developers.

-SCS
Documentum Site Caching Services publishes documents from a Documentum repository directly
to a local site, allowing you to combine the versioning, workflow, document lifecycle, and other
content management capabilities of Documentum with the accessibility of a website.