Concepts
Concepts
In the context of Knowledge Provider, the term ‘document’ refers to any information entity that can be accessed via document-like objects, in particular:
Every application-specific
content model represents a document definition.
The logical document "Documentation on Knowledge Provider Data Structures".
The central components of Knowledge Provider are
logical documents, physical documents and components. A logical document is the logical representation of a document in all its forms. A logical document can contain several physical documents. Physical documents therefore consist of meta-descriptions of real documents. Meta-descriptions are implemented using attributes.
Physical documents belonging to the logical document "Documentation on Knowledge Provider Data Structures":
"Documentation on Knowledge Provider Data Structures, in HTML format, in English, third version, 01.10.1999" and "Documentation on Knowledge Provider Data Structures, in WinWord format, in German, second version, 02.10.1999".
Physical documents contain references to one or more components. Components contain administration data about the document content, for example, the size of the file.
Components of the physical document "Documentation on Knowledge Provider Data Structures, in HTML format, in English, third version, 01.10.1999", where the physical document consists of a HTML file and a PowerPoint file on the Content Server:
administrative counterparts to the HTML and PowerPoint files on the Content Server.
On the physical level, every component is assigned to one file. The file contains the actual content.
See the Implementation Guide (IMG) under SAP Web Application Server → Basis Services → Knowledge Provider for the necessary Customizing steps.