EMC announces support for CMIS, what does this mean to you?

Craig Randall just posted a blog entry about the CMIS announcement.

I've also got a quick post up that is the first in a series. This is a good thing overall and I think it is worth everyone's time to try and learn more.

As I've stated in my post and also in comments I've left in others' CMIS posts, I'd love to hear from the community in terms of what it thinks about CMIS, the challenges it needs to address, topics to cover in more depth, etc. Essentially let us know what you expect from both the standard itself and from EMC as a leader in implementing the standard. Thanks in advance...

I'm also awaiting comments on this. Will it be another JAS (where is the buzz ?) based on top JSR 170 or alike ? Some other information from Alfresco: http://www.progilibre.com/Alfresco-participe-a-la-1ere-version-du-standard-de-gestion-de-contenu-baptise-CMIS_a679.html (in french, but you can have a look at the bottom links for additional information). Here is the essential news (translated):

Today, Alfresco offers a sneak preview of the following project:

1. CMIS REST and Web Services linkings allows client applications to connect to the repository content Alfresco, navigate inside it, read and create content

2. Language query CMIS type SQL to query the repository (location, properties and full text)

3. Testing package to check the CMIS compatibility tests / compliance on REST linkings

For EMC what would be the roadmap ?

Craig, I've got a list of what an ECM-SOA standard needs to accomplish. In the next few days, I'll be doing a comparison and then I'll share with everyone. I don't expect everything in this first iteration, just a start.