SPTechCon Extending ECM for Developers

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This document discusses various forms of ECM (Enterprise Content Management) programming in SharePoint, including the document management object model, taxonomy object model, and custom document ID provider. It also covers document sets, content type syndication through metadata service applications, and deployment of features and packages.

Understand Forms of ECM Programming
Best Practices Extending ECM features

SharePoint Sites, Libraries and Lists

Workflow Project Template

Policy Object Model

Search Object Model

SPFile

Document Management Object Model

Taxonomy Object Model

Lives in SharePoint
Root

Referenced from Any
Project

Code Runs on
Server

using Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement;
namespace CustomDocumentIDProvider
{
class CustomDocumentIDProvider :
Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.DocumentId
Provider
{
…

New Site Collection Feature: Document ID Service
Adds Unique ID
Documents Retrieved Regardless of Location

public override bool
DoCustomSearchBeforeDefaultSearch
{
//property used to trigger our custom search first.
//If false then we will use the SharePoint search when
retrieving
Document IDs
Get
…

//Implement our own finder method.
//Return empty if no results
public override string[]
GetDocumentUrlsById(Microsoft.SharePoint.SP
Site
site, string documentId)
{
string[] searchhits = new string[0];
return new string[0];
}
…

public override void
FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties
properties)
{
SPSite sitecollection =
(SPSite)properties.Feature.Parent;
DocumentId.SetProvider(sitecollection,
typeof(CustomDocumentIDProvider.CustomDocume
ntID));
}
…

$site = Get-SPSite http://MyServer
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("
Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement") $assembly =
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load("CustomDocIdPro
vider") $type =
$assembly.GetType("Microsoft.SDK.MOSS.Samples.Cu
stomDocumentIDProvider");
[Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.DocumentId]::
SetProvider($site, $type);
…

SharePoint 2010 introduces document sets, or a collection of
documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. that make up a
single work product

Compound Document Inherits from Folder

Metadata exists on individual items and the set as a whole

 Content Types are ‟published” from a ‟normal” Site Content Type Gallery
 Maximum of 1 Hub per Metadata Shared Application Service
 It is not a requirement that a Metadata Service syndicate content types
 It is not a requirement that a service connection consume content types
from the service
 Setting a site collection to be the hub enables necessary components on hub

 Content Type with all the corresponding columns
 Including Document Set Content Type
 Policies
 And workflow associations (not the workflows)

Features/Packages
• Standard Deployment
• Multiple Service
Applications
Upgradable

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