Alfresco Labs 3
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Welcome to the Alfresco Labs 3 Beta release.
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[edit] Components
Alfresco Labs 3 Beta has four main components.
[edit] Microsoft Office SharePoint Protocol Support
The Microsoft Office SharePoint protocol support offers Microsoft users greater choice by providing them with the first open source fully-compatible SharePoint repository. Companies can leverage existing investments in Linux, Java as well as Microsoft .NET connection software to significantly reduce their SharePoint total cost of ownership and maximize their hardware and software investments.
Download Getting Started with Alfresco Share Preview to get a first view on what you can do with with the Microsoft Office SharePoint Protocol support via Share.
[edit] Alfresco Surf Platform
The Alfresco Surf platform enables you to build dynamic, REST-oriented web applications and collaborative web sites.
It is built on Alfresco Web Scripts technology which uses light-weight scripting and templating. The Surf platform is designed to work in a number of different web environments, as well as a Web Part in Microsoft SharePoint Portal. It includes content oriented components designed around the Yahoo!® User Interface (YUI) Library and Adobe® Flash® for dynamic uploads and previewing of content and other information. The new user interface components make it much simpler for users to develop new collaborative web applications.
Refer to Surf Platform for detailed information.
[edit] Alfresco Share
Alfresco will be delivering a new social computing application, Alfresco Share, built using the Surf platform in September 2008. A Preview of Alfresco Share is available in Alfresco Labs 3 Beta.
Download Getting Started with Alfresco Share Preview to get a first view on what you can do with Alfresco Share.
For a detailed list of Alfresco Share features within these components, refer to the Alfresco Share feature list.
[edit] Alfresco Repository Public API
The Repository Public API provides content and collaboration services for customizing and developing Alfresco applications. Labs 3 Beta introduces new services such as site management, site activities, tagging, commenting, thumbnails, blogs, wikis, and forums to support social collaboration.
The Repository Public API has two forms:
- A RESTful API for remotely connecting to the Repository as used by Alfresco Share.
- A Javascript API for developing extensions to the Repository (as used in Web Scripts, Actions etc).
[edit] Related News
[edit] Download and Installation
For instructions on how to download and install Alfresco Labs refer to Downloading and Installing Alfresco Labs 3 Beta.
[edit] Release Notes
Refer to Release Notes for details of the Alfresco Labs 3a build.
[edit] Terminology
Alfresco Labs, formerly known as Alfresco Community Edition, has undertaken this new name to more accurately describe the 'laboratory'-like process offering the latest functionality, a daily build, and the platform for the Alfresco Community.
[edit] Alfresco Labs 3 FAQ
Categories: Community | Releases | 3.0
