Transforming from Non-Microsoft Data Sources

[pkbullock]

Category

[ ] Bug [X] Enhancement

Details

I'd like to start looking at designing/writing this. I have a large client with a old CMS Cold Fusion based, that hosts between 7-12 Intranets and various other sites. I am currently creating a series of modern intranets as a replacement. Most calls where the client asks if the content can be moved, I am faced with providing bad news. Id like to change that.

Outline features to include:

• (1) A extraction utility designed to connect to the various data sources, extensible (I'm guessing that overtime a series of these will be required for each data source etc, e.g. WordPress, Drupal, Custom) to produce the common file and extract the assets.
• (2) Common File Format as the input source, to contain everything the transformation tool needs to process the content
• Include Assets, Docs and Images
• Set of supported web parts e.g. Image, Text, Links as the common ones, much like the wiki is handled to start with and grow as requirements come in.
• Extraction Utility perhaps performs the HTML scrubbing, extensible, AngleSharp based
• New mode in the tool, so separate classes etc. for clean separation with support for XML based data sources e.g. no source SharePoint connection.

I will see if I am permitted to grab some HTML/Screenshot samples for test cases and analysis. I saw a demo once of PowerBi Desktop can extract content from a site, there maybe some learnings here (or code to pinch ;-))

Just wondering what your thoughts are, or if you have a better approach.

[jansenbe]

Let's setup some time next week to talk about this, can you send me an email with your availability?