What Is the Macromedia Spectra COAPI?
By Benjamin Elmore Macromedia Spectra Product Evangelist Macromedia, Inc. Click here to download the PDF file of this article. The first in a pair of articles on content management technology from Macromedia’s Spectra Product Team. Macromedia Spectra uses a powerful content management model, the Content Object API, or COAPI, to manage dynamic content in Web applications. Macromedia’s goal is to make dynamic content technology like the COAPI pervasive, approachable, and cost-effective for developers. This spring, Macromedia announced plans to move a Java version of Macromedia Spectra’s core content management technology, the COAPI, to the next version of the ColdFusion application server. In addition, Macromedia will deliver next-generation dynamic content technologies, such as end-user content contribution and Web team production tools, through a series of new product initiatives. This article defines what the COAPI is and what it isn’t. Our goal is to give Macromedia Spectra developer
