GDMatrix is a modular document management system that provides an integrated set of services and applications designed to meet the requirements of public administrations.

It has a highly customizable web user interface based on JSF and all its functionality is exposed through a web service API to facilitate the integration with other systems.

• Definition of custom object types amb their metadata through the dictionary module.
• Inheritance of metadata between object types.
• Stores all document data (content and properties) into a relational database.
• Independent of database vendor because data persistence is implemented with JPA.
• Search for documents by their content (for Oracle databases)
• Automatic document format identification through the DROID library.
• Multiple historical schemes of document classification.
• Advanced policy management module that allows the transfer and re-signing of documents.
• Workflow module with a web user interface.
• Suport for XAdES and PAdES signatures.
• Web content management module based on JSF technology for the creation of web sites.
• Multi technology reporting module (JasperReports, TemplateReports, etc.).
• Modular design: module interfaces are designed to admit multiple implementations.
• Web service interface for all modules implemented with JAX-WS.
• Multi-platform: supported on all platforms where Java is available.
• GDMatrix IDE desktop application for developing workflows, forms, scripts, reports and batch tasks.
• GDMatrix Client desktop application for document editing, signing and scanning.
• Open source: offered with EUPL1.1 and LGPLv3 licences.

• GDMatrix offers a new way to access information, which is standard, comprehensive, technology-neutral, and independent of the underlying infrastructure.
• The GDMatrix modules are based on a conceptual model (entities) and not on a physical model (tables).
• These modules are designed to be independent of each other. When a module claims data from another, it has to do so through its web service interface.
• All entities in a module are identified by a globalId that is represented by a string. The internal format of this globalId is dependant of the module implementation.

• security : users and roles
• kernel: person and territory management
• dic: dictionary of objects
• workflow: workflows

• doc: documents
• cases: files (case files)
• classif : classification schemes
• policy: document/case management policies
• signature: digital signature generation and validation

• cms: web structure
• agenda : agenda events
• news : news
• forum: forums
• feed: feeds
• survey: survey management
• translation: automatic translation

• report: reporting
• job : batch jobs
• sql: direct database access

• presence: presence control
• elections: elections

The GDMatrix conceptual model is inspired by the MoReq2 specification.

• GDMatrix web: GDMatrix web environment for object management and website creation developed using JavaServer Faces 2.3.
• GDMatrix IDE: GDMatrix Integrated Development Environment developed with Java Swing to create documents like workflows, forms, reports, ANT tasks or scripts than run inside GDMatrix.
• GDMatrix Client: GDMatrix desktop application developed with Java Swing to edit, scan and sign documents.

• GDMatrix is based on Java standards like JSF, JAX-WS, JPA or JDBC to guarantee its longevity.
• The project is managed with Apache Maven.
• The GDMatrix team uses Apache Netbeans as the development IDE because it supports all Java standards for free. However, any other IDE that supports maven is suitable for GDMatrix development.

• A server with 4Gb+ RAM.
• Java version 8 or 11.
• A relational database with a JDBC driver (like Oracle or Postgres).
• Apache tomcat 8+ (or other J2EE web container that supports the servlet specification 3.1+). For the latest versions of GDMatrix, Apache Tomcat 9 is recommended.

Since 2021, two versions are released each year. The first one (YY.1) on April and the second one (YY.2) on October.

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