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censhare Feature summary Feature summary Version 4.2. Stand 22. Oktober 2011 censhare at a glance: concise summary of components, characteristics, features, technologies and contents of the censhare publication system for decision makers, project managers, sales people and IT personnel Copyright censhare AG, Paul-Gerhardt-Allee 50, 81245 München publishing. Telefon 089 56 82 36-0, Fax 089 56 82 36-501 [email protected], www.censhare.com communication. 22. Oktober 2011, Version 4.2, censhare_feature_summary collaboration. censhare Feature summary Inhalt 1 censhare system architecture 3 2 censhare databases 3 3 File management 4 4 censhare clients 5 5 Domain concept 7 6 User and privileges managemen 7 7 Asset management 8 8 Collaboration and communication capabilities 11 9 Content management 12 10 Image management 14 11 Ad management 15 12 Managing time with censhare 15 13 Managing geographical information 16 14 Variant management 17 15 Language management 18 16 Assetplanning 19 17 Layout management 20 18 Template management 21 19 Importing into censhare 22 20 Exporting from censhare 23 21 Online Channel 24 22 Mobile Channel 26 23 Customizing the censhare system 27 The intention of this document is to provide a keyword-based overview of the censhare publication system, to help decision makers to appraise the system’s capabilities and compare it to competitive products on the market. This feature summary is technically oriented and divided into the major building blocks of the censhare system. Some descriptions might overlap in the different chapters. Features described in this summary might be available only in certain versions, licence-models or distributions of the censhare system and are subject to change. Many features might appear under different terminology and arrangements in censhare’s sales literature when pre-configured for specific application areas and trades. For more detailled information about the censhare publication system please refer to a censhare AG representative or one of censhare’s distribution partners. * new features in version 4.2 2 / 28 22. Oktober 2011, Version 4.2, censhare_feature_summary censhare Feature summary 1 censhare system architecture 1.1 Fundamental technologic architecture — 3-tier-architecture — service-oriented architecture (SOA) — one centralized Oracle database per system — any number of distributed, individually customizable application servers — specialized proprietary embedded database for performance enhancement in the application servers — all network traffic based on TCP/IP protocol with customizable ports — interface for hierarchical asset exchange among different censhare systems — optional server-to-server desaster-recovery feature (Unix/Linux/Solaris-based servers only) — integration of given filesystems — Nagios support — Server- and client code written in Java and available for Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix/Solaris (server only) 2 censhare databases 2.1 Core database — centralized, high-performance Oracle database — data model fully constrained — standard database maintenance tasks are operated by censhare automatically, for example: verification of the data model, index consistency check, database statistics update, resolution of database locks, pre-emptive index rebuild, purging — data model entirely Unicode-based — automatic multi-language scheme handling — database extensible by the customer; data model is represented by an extensible XML database scheme to the application logic — self-creating HTML documentation of the datamodel 2.2 Embedded database — in-house developed, proprietary, non-transactional, high-performance database engine for caching purposes and special applications. This database is embedded in the application servers, translation memory management module and WebCMS webservers — automatic synchronisation with core database — automatic error-recovery — maintenance-free — unlimited scalability — monitor for all index data of a given asset in the embedded databaseel 3 / 28 22. Oktober 2011, Version 4.2, censhare_feature_summary censhare Feature summary 3 File management 3.1 Supported file storage architectures — support for most common file sharing protocols and solutions like Helios Ethershare, Mac OS 9/X (afp/Apple Double), Samba and more — integrated filesystem replication for backup and pre-emptive data distribution — integrated file management maintenance tools for volume cleaning, verifying asset/file consistency, file system size monitoring and more — integrated file streaming allows client file access without mounting volumes on client computers. File streaming support for InDesign (CS4 or better) 3.2 Mimetypes — support for most common file sharing protocols and solutions like Helios Ethershare, — more than 50 predefined mimetypes — mimetype list fully customizable and extensible by the customer — automatic magicbyte-recognition of mimetypes by on-the-fly file content analysis — mimetype specific behaviour for many system features 3.3 Distributed filesystems — support for any number of distributed filesystems in one censhare environment — automatic filesystem allocation by domain-based rules — integrated tools for data exchange between distributed file systems, either manually or automatically based on customizable events, schedules or rules — all file transfer between distributed filesystems is transparent for the user and requires no external tools 3.4 Archiving — support for any number of distributed archiving file systems — integrated support for file archiving — manual archiving and de-archiving of single assets or entire hierarchical asset structures — automatic archiving of single assets or entire hierarchical structures based on customizable schedules, events or rules — support for selective archiving of dedicated filetypes and versions — automatic inter-asset dependency checks during archiving — archived assets remain fully searchable in the database — support for archiving solutions like EMC Centera, IBM Sharc, HSM 3.5 censhare FailSafe — support for database-less emergency file access by web-based backend of the file systems — automatic live synchronisation of the FailSafe web-backend — file access in the web client by essential asset metadata, previews, version history information and rule-based lists — direct file transfer to local client computer from the web-backend 4 / 28 22. Oktober 2011, Version 4.2, censhare_feature_summary censhare Feature summary 3.6 censhare Virtual Filesystem — support for WebDAV-based virtual filesystems that emulate a volume consisting only of the current versions of all asset-files. This keeps file access and file dependencies transparent for applications that are not supported by censhare plugins 4 censhare clients 4.1 censhare Client — Java-based, highly configurable, all-purpose client application for Windows XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS X — censhare-Client includes the following applications: • asset query (including search and filter capabilities, attribute editing, overview, version and history managers, user/team editor, and much more) • tag-based content editor • InCopy-exchange-format-based content editor • translation client • translation with memory client • image editing • layout editor • address editor • schedule application • calendar application • manual import and export • asset/page-planning • collection editor • basket & wishlist docks • field-based content editor — user interface defined in censhare’s proprietary XML-based GUI-description language — Mac OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility with improved native look and feel — freely customizable, role-specific windows with a docking framework, tabs, multiple toolbars, lists and a plethora of widgets like hierarchical popupmenus, editfields, calendars, checkbuttons and much more — zoomable thumbnails in gallery view — Mac OS X-like quickview for asset selection — customizable, switchable look and feel schemes (a modern, dark, glossy scheme is preset) — censhare-Client is fully preconfigured for full functionality out of the box — special “protected” client version for high-security environments (administrative options are stripped from code before compilation) — hierarchical local and server-based client preferences — multithreading allows up to 5 parallel operations at a time — all client communication is TCP-based with customizable ports and optional SSL-encryption — client-server communication can optionally be compressed up to 9 levels for low-bandwidth connections — support for multiple hosts; rapid switching between two hosts 5 / 28 22. Oktober 2011, Version 4.2, censhare_feature_summary censhare Feature summary 4.2 censhare Webclient — highly configurable, multi-purpose client application for all contemporary browser versions — based on Ajax/Web2.0 technologies — censhare-Webclient includes the following applications: • asset query (including search and filter capabilities, attribute editing, overview, version and history managers) • tag-based content editor • InCopy-exchange-format-based content editor • translation client • translation with memory client • image editing • layout editor • address editor • schedule application • calendar application • manual import and export • asset/page-planning in read-only mode • collection editor • basket & wishlist docks — user interface defined in censhare’s proprietary XML-based GUI-description language — freely customizable, role-specific windows with a docking framework, tabs, multiple toolbars, lists and a plethora of widgets like hierarchical popupmenus, editfields, calendars,