ODMA
Encyclopedia
The Open Document Management API is an API
that simplifies the communication of desktop
application
s with document management systems (DMS)
. ODMA standardizes the access to the DMS, which makes getting to these files as easy as if the file
s were in the actual local file system.
ODMA was an effort to standardize the API to be used by desktop applications on Microsoft Windows to interface with back-end, server based document management systems (DMS). Version 1.0 of the API specification was completed in 1994, and went on to be supported by many of the major DMS vendors. Version 2.0 of the specification was completed in 1997.
ODMA has subsequently been superseded by other, more standard ways of interfacing, such as WebDAV
.
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
that simplifies the communication of desktop
Desktop environment
In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers. These GUIs help the user in easily accessing, configuring, and modifying many important and frequently accessed...
application
Application software
Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
s with document management systems (DMS)
Document management system
A document management system is a computer system used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. It is usually also capable of keeping track of the different versions created by different users . The term has some overlap with the concepts of content management...
. ODMA standardizes the access to the DMS, which makes getting to these files as easy as if the file
Computer file
A computer file is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. A file is durable in the sense that it remains available for programs to use after the current program has finished...
s were in the actual local file system.
ODMA was an effort to standardize the API to be used by desktop applications on Microsoft Windows to interface with back-end, server based document management systems (DMS). Version 1.0 of the API specification was completed in 1994, and went on to be supported by many of the major DMS vendors. Version 2.0 of the specification was completed in 1997.
ODMA has subsequently been superseded by other, more standard ways of interfacing, such as WebDAV
WebDAV
Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...
.
See also
- Enterprise content managementEnterprise content managementEnterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
- AIIMAssociation for Information and Image ManagementThe Association for Information and Image Management or AIIM is a non-profit organization that provides education, research, and best practices for document management and enterprise content management...
External links
- ODMA Interoperability Exchange - ODMA Resources
- Orcmid's Lair - ODMA: The Little Middleware That Could (Comments from current maintainer)
- ODM Attributes