SiberSafe functionality is available via the following access mechanisms:
SiberSafe XML Communicator is a fully-integrated full-featured no-cost XML Editor that provides convenient context-sensitive menu access to SiberSafe functionality. From within SiberSafe Communicator users can create, edit, review and publish content, and administer workflow tasks and assignments.
SiberSafe Communicator now includes specific support for DITA-based content.
See the demo on DITA-enabled content creation using SiberSafe Communicator
All SiberSafe functionality is now directly accessible from FrameMaker 7.2 (including
FrameMaker Application Pack for DITA) via menus and context-sensitive commands.
See the SiberSafe/FrameMaker integration demo
Users can access the SiberSafe repository using any WebDAV-enabled client, such as Windows Explorer. In addition to the full WebDAV functionality of get, lock, and check-in available from regular WebDAV servers, SiberSafe exposes the fragmentation applied to a document and enables WebDAV users to navigate the document hierarchy, so they can check out fragments of the file, modify them, and check them back in. This unique ability extends the integration of SiberSafe to any content creation/editing application that supports WebDAV. With its support for recursive and bulk operations, the WebDAV interface is ideal for moving large number of files and folders into and out of the repository.
SiberLogic Web Access Services enable XML content management over the Internet, via browser interface to specialized consoles including:
- Content management for accessing content
- Assignment management for accessing a virtual "to do" list
- Document builder for constructing documents from queries
- Supervisor console for control over workflow tasks
- Workflow definition console
- SiberSafe Author Dashboard
- SiberSafe Reviewer Console
Users accessing the SiberSafe repository via Web Access Services have the same up-to-date view of the repository as any other users. All workflow functionality is available, and all access to content is still mediated by the SiberSafe server, ensuring consistent and conflict-free collaboration.
SiberSafe Web Access Services can be located outside the enterprise firewall to allow remote access to the repository. HTTPS connections are also supported, for enhanced security of remote connections.
Users who opt for a desktop XML content creation tool may decide on the SiberSafe Desktop Client. In addition to the functionality available from the browser-based client, the desktop client manages the local working folder by tracking which files in the working folder have been superseded by newer versions in the repository, and vice versa. This client is useful for authors who need to work offline for long periods of time, providing a failsafe method of determining what has changed in the repository since the last time they connected. It is also useful for performing bulk operations on the repository. Note that the administration functionality is only available from the desktop interface.
SiberSafe provides a powerful access control mechanism that allows the administrator to control access to content at the fragment level rather than the whole document level. Permissions can be assigned to individual users, simple or nested user groups, documents, fragments, tasks, assignments, and user accounts. Once assigned, permissions are automatically propagated down through the user/group, content and workflow hierarchies.
SiberSafe supports DOD class "B" requirements for clearance and sensitivity levels. Every user or group can be assigned a clearance level and every object or folder can be assigned a sensitivity level. The user can only access any given object if its sensitivity level is lower than or equal to the user's clearance level.
SiberSafe supports multiple transactions to perform security and access control operations, improving cache scalability by removing any security reference monitor bottleneck.
SiberSafe supports the Windows Single Sign-On protocol. Users already authenticated by Microsoft Windows (i.e. logged onto a Windows session) can access the SiberSafe repository without re-entering their credentials.
Administrators can manage user credentials via Microsoft Windows facilities, such as Active Directory, so that user passwords do not have to be stored in SiberSafe.
Interface with an external LDAP repository for accounts, roles, and credentials; authenticate with LDAP external authentication service.
Out of the box, SiberSafe supports any JDBC-compatible database, including Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL and Microsoft Access.
Multiple database write connections allow for multiple transactions to simultaneously write to the database.
SiberSafe provides a configurable MIF converter that allows legacy Frame content to be converted to XML. Configuration includes the following processors:
- Attribute Formatter
- Dereferencer
- Emphasis Processor
- List Extractor
- Variable Processor
- Paragraph Converter
- Tag Stripper
- White Text Extractor
- Text Extractor
- Text Merger
- Cross Reference Extractor
- Graphics Extractor
- Element Remover
- Structure Processor
- Conditional Content Processor
- Renamer
By configuring each processor and specifying the order in which they should be run, the document administrator can achieve a high fidelity conversion of legacy FrameMaker content to XML, depending on the consistency of FrameMaker construct usage in the original document.
