Transcript Plugin-Free Annotations in Alfresco Share

Plugin-Free Annotations
in Alfresco Share
Tony Parzgnat
Technical Architect
Technology Services Group
September 24th, 2014
Annotations Overview
• Markup added to electronic documents or
images that does not alter the original
content
• Text Edits
• Comments
• Call-outs
OpenAnnotate Introduction
• Open source annotation tool
developed by Technology Services Group
• Supported Formats
• Any format that can be rendered to PDF (Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, RTF, etc.)
• Any image format that can be converted to PNG
(JPEG, TIFF, GIF, etc.)
OpenAnnotate Usecases
• Documents
• General proofreading and
peer review
• Review of controlled
documents during
electronic workflow
• Images
• Medical imaging – virtual
slides
• Photo face tagging
OpenAnnotate Advantage
• Completely browser
based (IE8+, Chrome,
Firefox, Safari)
• Requires NO browser
plugins or client
software install
Basic Annotation Tools
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Sticky Notes
Lines
Arrows
Circles/Ellipses
Squares/Rectangles
Enhanced Text Tools
• Highlight
• Strikethrough
• Insert text at location
Reply to Comments
• Users can respond to each other’s comments
Annotation Summary
• Provides a quick view of all annotations in a
document with hyperlinks
Save as PDF
• Because annotations are compliant with Adobe
XML Forms Data Format (XFDF) standard,
annotations can be “burned in” and exported
as a PDF
Annotation Security
• Users can collaborate, view,
and reply to each other’s
annotations
• Users can only modify their own
annotations
• Annotations saved as separate objects in
Alfresco, leaving original document intact
Alfresco Share Integration
• Launch OpenAnnotate seamlessly from the
Share Document Library
Demo
Resources
OpenAnnotate Info and Demos
http://www.tsgrp.com/Open_Source/OpenAnnotate/open_annotate.jsp
TSG Blog
http://blog.tsgrp.com/category/open-source/openannotate/
Tony Parzgnat – [email protected]