GF.File Engine
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GF | File Engine | Version: | 0.2 | 
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| Document type: | Generic Function | Owner: |
 | This function handles storage, retrieval and manipulation of loosely structured data. |
Description
This Generic Function belongs to Working Area Server. This function handles storage, retrieval and manipulation of loosely structured data. Loosely structured data in this context means "documents", "files" et cetera (but not "databases" which are strictly structured data). This function is usually offered directly or indirectly to consumers.
Examples of File Engine functions are:
- quota on file storage space;
- access controls (such as Access Control Lists);
- versioning;
- data synchronization;
- data migration.
Icon
The image "Icon GF File Engine.png" (shown below) can be used to represent this infrastructure function in graphical Pattern representations that it might be part of:
Generic Patterns using this Generic Function
The following Generic Patterns use this function:
| Applied Pattern | Owner | Maturity |
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| File Storage | J.A.H. Schoonderbeek | 4 |
| Managed File Transfer | J.A.H. Schoonderbeek | 3 |
Applied versions of this Generic Function
The following variants of this function have been defined:
No Applied Pattern based on this Generic Pattern (yet)
