Compare file versions in Documentum document management system

Documentum is an enterprise content management system. It is a part of EMC's content-management and archiving unit. Howard Shao and John Newton founded Documentum in 1990. In 2003 Documentum was acquired by EMC. Documentum products can be broken down into four groups: Servers; Applications; Services; Clients.

Product Features:

• Enable integration with existing e-business infrastructures and enterprise systems.
• A content infrastructure that is scalable and can handles content of any type.
• Extend the functionality to meet unique and customized organizational needs by adding plug-ins and embedding business rules or processes.

Platform: The main software that is the lifeline of this system is Content Server. Other software that Documentum requires to function are obviously present as well. A platform is defined as the basic host operating systems, which include Windows, UNIX, and the Linux platforms.

Supported Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, etc. These RDBMS help to store information about a user’s documents, configurations etc by the means of a ‘data dictionary’.

File compare: Documentum uses an object-numbering schema, which allows many documents to be named, and let’s the objects attributes define what kind of document properties should be present by removing the need to always never duplicate a file name.

• Use Compare Suite and its command line interface to compare files in Documentum

Version Compare:

• Authentica: this feature added digital rights management technologies so that digital assets are secured.
• X-Hive: this feature enhances the managing and repurposing XML-tagged content components.
• ProActivity: this feature offers the functionality of business process analysis and business activity monitoring

Positive Aspects: Architecture, together with the scalability, reliability, and security capabilities required for enterprise deployments.

For application integration with legacy ECM, Documentum offers Documentum Foundation Services (DFS) - its content management functionality as web services.

The Compare Suite can be integrated with other document management systems using command line interface.