This chapter lays the foundation for all the others. Read it first if you do not know CRMS yet: afterwards you know who supplies the data, what a template, a revision and a render request are, which modules exist, and how CRMS gets into an application.
Subject area
Basics: what CRMS is
What CRMS does and what it does not do, the terms every page is built from, the split into modules and ports, and the two operating modes: embedded or as a service of its own.
Topics in this subject area
- 1.What CRMS is
A report is a template plus data. What CRMS takes care of, what it does not do on purpose, and why the application prepares the data.
- 2.The terms
The vocabulary of CRMS: template, key, scope, edition, language variant, revision, draft, output type, format, render request, payload, document and the three modes.
- 3.Embedded or as a service of its own
The two operating modes of CRMS: embedded in a CDMS application, or as a service of its own that others call through crms-client. One property, two jars, and the hub derives which mode a project gets.