METHOD AND FRAMEWORK FOR CONTENT VIEWER INTEGRATIONS

摘要

A method and a framework are revealed for content viewer integrations in content management systems and platforms that allow plug-and-play style content viewer deployment and switching, and simultaneous display of different viewers on the same page. By introducing the notion of viewer integration profiles and viewer bundles, and providing programming interfaces for viewer integrations and content management system integrations, viewer integrations and the deployment of viewers in content management systems are standardized and made easy. Integrating a viewer once, the viewer will work across many ECM products and platforms. With the integration of annotation content conversions, switching of content viewers without the data loss and the risk of potential security breaches (caused by incompatibility between different content viewers) will be enabled.

主权项

1. A computer software framework for content viewer integrations in content management systems comprises:
A plurality of viewer providers each identified externally by a unique viewer provider name and internally by a viewer integration profile packaged in a viewer bundle with all artifacts that are related to the viewer provider packaged inside; A content management system integration programming interface; A viewer integration programming interface by which all viewer providers are integrated with the viewer integration framework that enables the viewer integration, once developed for a viewer provider work across different content management systems;