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Use

Each object in the Portal Content Directory (PCD) has an ID that uniquely identifies it. For example, a role may have the following ID:

pcd:portal_content/com.sap.pct/administrator/content_admin/com.sap.portal.content_admin_role

The following table shows the components that can make up the content object ID:

ID Component

Example

Complete path of the object in the PCD, separated by slashes.

<pcd:portal_content/administrator/content_admin/>

Base name of the ID. This string cannot include periods (.).

<content_admin_role>

Namespace prefix. This ID component is optional and is located in before the base name of the ID. The namespace prefix can include periods.

<com.sap.portal>

Features

Note that content objects delivered by SAP may contain one of the following namespace prefixes:

  • com.sap*

  • com.sap.portals*

  • com.sap.km*

Note

We recommend that you do not change the original objects delivered by SAP (such as administrator roles in the Content Provided by SAP folder). This would change an object that is not in your namespace. For more information about changing objects delivered by SAP, see How Are Portal Objects Linked?

Activities

We recommend that you:

  • Use namespace prefixes for your own content objects as well as for the names of folders in the Portal Catalog.

  • Develop a global namespace concept in order to:

    • Clearly distinguish between objects by assigning namespaces that indicate the relevant organizational unit

    • Separately handle objects of different organizational units in content administration

The portal includes a naming conventions service that enables you to create rules for valid namespaces. For more information, see Defining Naming Conventions for Content Object Namespaces .

Example

  • A complete ID for a role without a namespace prefix:

    pcd:portal_content/administrator/content_admin/content_admin_role

  • A complete ID for a role with a namespace prefix:

    pcd:portal_content/com.sap.pct/administrator/content_admin/ com.sap.portal.content_admin_role