Content Federation Services for Image Services combines the capabilities of IBM®
FileNet® Image Services systems and Content Platform Engine
servers. Content Federation Services for Image Services enables FileNet P8 applications and servers to communicate and work together with
Image Manager applications and servers.
You can initiate work through the applications of either system. For example, you can capture
documents through FileNet P8 applications, store them in IBM
FileNet Image Services, and view them with other FileNet P8 applications. Alternatively, you can capture documents in
IBM
FileNet Image Services, send the cataloging information to Content Platform Engine, and view the documents through an Image Manager viewer such
as IDM Desktop or a FileNet P8 application.
Content Federation Services for Image Services supports
bidirectional federation of data and properties between
Content Platform Engine and
IBM
FileNet Image Services V4.2.0 or later. Bidirectional
federation is also known as bidirectional replication. Documents and
annotations that are acquired and stored in
IBM
FileNet Image Services can be updated and deleted
on both
Content Platform Engine and
IBM
FileNet Image Services. In addition, documents
and annotations that are acquired by
Content Platform Engine can be stored in
Content Platform Engine or
IBM
FileNet Image Services and updated from either
system. By using
Content Federation Services for Image Services:
- Documents that are acquired by IBM
FileNet Image Services and stored in IBM
FileNet Image Services can be cataloged on both Content Platform Engine and IBM
FileNet Image Services or only on Content Platform Engine.
- Documents that are acquired by Content Platform Engine can be cataloged on
both Content Platform Engine and IBM
FileNet Image Services or only on Content Platform Engine.
- Catalog updates from either Content Platform Engine or IBM
FileNet Image Services are propagated to the other
system.
- Documents that are deleted from either Content Platform Engine or IBM
FileNet Image Services are also deleted from the
other system.
- Annotations to federated documents can be added, updated, or deleted
from either Content Platform Engine or IBM
FileNet Image Services, and the changes are propagated
to both systems.