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– Convert to PDF using OpenOffice. When running on either Windows or UNIX,
Inbound Refinery can use OpenOffice to convert some file types directly to PDF. When using this multi-platform option, only OpenOffice is required.
– Convert to PDF using Outside In. Inbound Refinery includes Outside In, which
can be used with WinNativeConverter on Windows to create PDF files of some content items. Outside In is used to print the files to PostScript, and then
the PostScript files are converted to PDF using the configured PostScript distiller engine. When using this option, only a PostScript distiller engine is
required.
– Convert to PDF Using PDF Export. Inbound Refinery can convert directly to
PDF using Oracle Outside In technology without the need of a third-party application. This facilitates conversion of some formats to PDF on Linux and
UNIX platforms.
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On a Windows platform only, the TIFF Converter option is used to convert TIFF Tagged Image File Format files to PDF, including the following options:
– Creation of a managed PDF file from a single or multiple-page TIFF file.
– Creation of a managed PDF file from multiple TIFF files that have been
compressed into a single ZIP file.
– OCR Optical Character Recognition during TIFF to PDF conversion. This
enables indexing of the text within checked-in TIFF files, so that users can perform full-text searches of these files.
Tiff Converter is supported on Windows only.
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To convert files to XML eXtensible Markup Language files using Outside In XML Export, Search Export, and either the FlexionDoc or SearchML schema. In
addition, the XSLT eXstensible Style Language Transformation feature can post-process the resulting XML document, transforming it to a different XML
document based on your XSL eXstensible File Language file and validated against your DTD Document Type Definition or schema. XML Converter is
supported on both Windows and UNIX.
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On a Windows platform only, to convert Microsoft Office documents into HTML using Microsoft Office.
1.4 Inbound Refinery Conversion Options and Related Components
Inbound Refinery can be configured with a variety of options by enabling the proper components using Oracle Universal Content Management component technology.
Important: Third-party applications used in conversions, a
PostScript distiller engine, and a PostScript printer are not provided with Inbound Refinery. You must obtain all third-party applications
required for the conversions you want to perform, as well as a PostScript distiller engine and a PostScript printer of your choice.
Important: Inbound Refinery requires CVISION CVista
PdfCompressor to perform TIFF to PDF conversion with OCR. PdfCompressor is not provided with Inbound Refinery. You must
obtain PdfCompressor from CVISION.
1-4 Administrators Guide for Conversion
Most Inbound Refinery options require components to be enabled on each Inbound Refinery server provider and on the repository Content Server using the Inbound
Refinery providers. The following tables list the components necessary for each Inbound Refinery conversion option and identifies on which server each component
must be enabled.
Table 1–1 Inbound Refinery: Required for All Conversion
Component Name Component Description
Enabled on Server
InboundRefinery Enables Inbound Refinery
Inbound Refinery Server InboundRefinerySupport
Enables the content server
to work with Inbound Refinery
Content Server
Table 1–2 PDF Conversion: For Conversion to PDF Formats
Component Name Component Description
Enabled on Server
PDFExportConverter Enables Inbound Refinery to
use Oracle OutsideIn to convert native formats
directly to PDF without the use of any 3rdParty tools.
PDF Export is fast, multi-platform, and allows
concurrent conversions. Inbound Refinery Server
WinNativeConverter Enables Inbound Refinery to
convert native files to a PostScript file with either
the native application or OutsideInX and convert the
PostScript file to PDF using a third-party distiller
engine. This component is for Windows platform only.
It replaces the functionality previously made available
in the deprecated PDFConverter component.
WinNativeConverter offers the best rendition quality of
all PDF conversion options when used with the native
application on a Windows platform. Note that
WinNativeConverter does not allow concurrent
conversions. Inbound Refinery Server
OpenOfficeConversion Provides cross-platform
support allowing Inbound Refinery to convert
supported files to PDF using Open Office. Like
WinNativeConverter, OpenOfficeConversion
doesn’t allow concurrent conversions, but unlike
WinNativeConverter, it does support UNIX
platforms. Inbound Refinery Server
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Table 1–3 Digital Asset Manager: For Conversion of Images and Video Assets
Component Name Component Description
Enabled on Server
DAMConverter Enables Inbound Refinery to
convert digital assets into multiple renditions.
Inbound Refinery Server DamConverterSupport
Enables the content server to support digit asset
management features. This component is highly
dependent on the ZipRenditionManagement
Component. Content Server
DigitalAssetManager Enables the user interface
for digital asset management in tight
integration with components used to create
and manage renditions and zip file archives. This
component is highly dependent on the
ContentBasket Component. Content Server
ContentBasket Enables users to select
renditions of content items and place them in a
personal storage space called the Digital Asset
Basket located under My Baskets.
Content Server
ZipRenditionManagement Enables Content Server
access to digital asset renditions created and
compressed into a ZIP file by Inbound Refinery.
Content Server
Table 1–4 XML Converter: For XML Renditions and XLS Transformations
Component Name Component Description
Enabled on Server
XMLConverter Enables Inbound Refinery to
produce FlexionDoc and SearchML-styled XML as
the primary web-viewable file or as independent
renditions, and can use the Xalan XSL transformer to
process XSL transformations.
Inbound Refinery Server
XMLConverterSupport Enables Content Server to
support XML conversions and XSL transformations.
Content Server
1.5 Inbound Refinery Process Overview
