What is Documentum?
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What is Documentum?
Documentum is document management software that provides management of document 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 Oracle instance or a DB2(R) database 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. For more information on Documentum, refer to the Documentum manuals.
The wrapper for Documentum allows you to add a Documentum data source to a DB2 federated system. By adding the Documentum data source to a federated system, you can use SQL statements to access and query objects and registered tables in a Documentum Docbase. You can then integrate this data with other data sources in your federated system without having to move the data out of the native data source. The Documentum wrapper uses a client library to interface with the Documentum server. The Documentum wrapper provides access to two versions of the Documentum server: EDMS 98 (also referred to as version 3) and 4i. Figure 2 illustrates how the Documentum wrapper works.
Documentum is document management software that provides management of document 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 Oracle instance or a DB2(R) database 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. For more information on Documentum, refer to the Documentum manuals.
The wrapper for Documentum allows you to add a Documentum data source to a DB2 federated system. By adding the Documentum data source to a federated system, you can use SQL statements to access and query objects and registered tables in a Documentum Docbase. You can then integrate this data with other data sources in your federated system without having to move the data out of the native data source. The Documentum wrapper uses a client library to interface with the Documentum server. The Documentum wrapper provides access to two versions of the Documentum server: EDMS 98 (also referred to as version 3) and 4i. Figure 2 illustrates how the Documentum wrapper works.
