MarkLogic Interview Questions

1. What is MarkLogic Server and why it is used?
2. Difference between MarkLogic Server and RDBMS?
3. Difference between MarkLogic and Oracle?
4. Compare MarkLogic with any other Content Server?
5. How MarkLogic useful in WCM?
6. High Level architecture of MarkLogic ?
7. What are databases and forests in MarkLogic ?
8. How to set up a DB ?
9. How to set up a Forest and attach it to DB?
10. How many kinds of App Servers in MarkLogic ?
11. How to create WebDAV?
12. How is searched done in MarkLogic ?
13. What are search queries in MarkLogic ?
14. What is cts:search ( what it does , what are the various options)
15. What is cts:query , how it is useful in cts:search , what are various options.
16. What is execute privilege?
17. What are Amps?
18. Can one forest be connected to more than one DB?
19. What are collections? How it is different from folders?
20. Can ML store only XML documents?

MarkLogic vs Alfresco vs Documentum Comparison

Note: Below comparison does not compare all the features exhaustively , some features which any of the below system supports might not be here. You should go to their respective website and find out the feature you are interested in. Any system might support/not support any feature in some versions. Following comparison is done by author for his interest and we does not guarantee its authenticity. If you find some feature is wrongly mentioned here, please do your research.
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	MarkLogic 4.1.x	Alfresco-XML 3.3	Documentam-XDB V10.0
System Requirements
Application Server	Not Required	J2EE	Not Required
Approximate Cost	High	Low	High
Database	Inbuilt	Shared Drive	Inbuilt
License	Required	Open Source	Required
Operating System	Linux/Windows/Solaris	Platform Independent	Platform Independent
Root Access	Yes	No	Yes
Shell Access	Yes	No	Yes
Web Server	Not Required	Required - Any	Not Required
Security
Audit Trail	Yes	Yes	Yes
Captcha	No	No
Content Approval	No	Yes
Email Verification	No	No
Granular Privileges	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kerberos Authentication	No	Yes
LDAP Authentication	No	Yes	Yes
Login History	Yes	Yes	Yes
NIS Authentication	No	No
NTLM Authentication	No	Yes
Pluggable Authentication	No	Yes - Using Surf platform
Problem Notification	No	Yes
Sandbox	Yes-CQ and Use Cases	Yes	Not Sure
Session Management	Yes	Limited	Not Sure
SMB Authentication	No	Yes
SSL Compatible	Yes	Yes	Yes
SSL Logins	Not Sure	Limited	Not Sure
SSL Pages	No	No
Versioning	Custom	Yes	Yes
Support
Certification Program	No	Yes
Code Skeletons	Yes	Yes
Commercial Manuals	Yes	Yes	Yes
Commercial Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Commercial Training	Yes	Yes	Yes
Developer Community	Yes	Yes	Yes
Online Help	Yes	Yes	Not Sure
Pluggable API	Yes	Yes	Yes - XProc
Professional Hosting	Yes - Amazon EC2	Yes
Professional Services	No	Yes
Public Forum	Yes	Yes	Yes
Public Mailing List	Yes	No
Third-Party Developers	Not Sure	Yes	Yes
Users Conference	Yes	Yes
Ease of Use
Drag-N-Drop Content	Yes	Limited	Yes
Email To Discussion	No	Yes
Friendly URLs		Yes
Image Resizing		Yes
Macro Language	No	Yes
Mass Upload	Yes	Yes	Yes
Prototyping	Not Sure	Yes
Server Page Language	Yes - Xquery	Yes
Site Setup Wizard	No	Limited	Yes
Spell Checker	Yes - API	Add on
UI Levels	No	Yes
Undo	No	Yes
WYSIWYG Editor	No	Yes	Yes
Zip Archives	Yes	Yes
Performance
Advanced Caching	Not Sure	Yes	Yes
Database Replication	Yes	Yes	Yes
Load Balancing	Not Sure	Yes
Page Caching	Yes	Yes
Static Content Export	Not Sure	Yes
Management
Advertising Management		No	Supports personalized web promotions
Asset Management		Yes	Yes
Clipboard		Yes
Content Scheduling		Yes
Content Staging		Yes
Inline Administration		No
Online Administration	Yes	Yes
Package Deployment		Yes
Sub-sites / Roots		Yes
Themes / Skins		Yes
Trash		Yes
Web Statistics	Yes	No
Web-based Style/Template Management		Yes	Yes, Ability to create component-based websites
Web-based Translation Management		Yes
Workflow Engine	No	Yes	Yes
Interoperability
Content Syndication (RSS)	Custom	Yes	Yes
FTP Support	Custom	Yes	Yes
iCal	No	No
UTF-8 Support	Yes	Yes
WAI Compliant		Yes
WebDAV Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
XHTML Compliant	Custom	Yes
Flexibility
CGI-mode Support	Not Sure	No
Content Reuse	Yes	Yes	Yes
Extensible User Profiles	Yes	Yes
Interface Localization	No	Yes	Yes
Metadata	Yes	Yes	Yes (Metadata Extraction Support)
Multi-lingual Content	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-lingual Content Integration	No	Yes
Multi-Site Deployment	Yes	Yes
URL Rewriting	Yes	Yes
Built-in Applications
Blog	No	No	Yes
Chat	No	No	Yes
Classifieds	No	No
Contact Management	No	No
Data Entry	No	No
Database Reports	No	No	Yes
Discussion / Forum	Yes	Yes
Document Management	No	Yes	Yes
Events Calendar	No	Yes
Events Management	No	No
Expense Reports	No	No
FAQ Management	No	Yes
File Distribution	Yes	Yes
Graphs and Charts	No	No	Yes (Informative Graphics Brava! WebKit)
Groupware	No	Yes
Guest Book	No	No
Help Desk / Bug Reporting	No	No
HTTP Proxy	No	No
In/Out Board	No	No
My Page / Dashboard	No	Yes
Photo Gallery	No	Yes
Search Engine	Yes	Yes	Yes (full-text and property-based repository searches)
Site Map	No	Yes
Wiki	No	Add on	Yes
Commerce
Affiliate Tracking		No
Inventory Management		No
Pluggable Payments		Add on
Pluggable Shipping		Add on
Pluggable Tax		Add on
Point of Sale		Add on
Shopping Cart		Add on
Subscriptions		No
Wish Lists		No

References -

• http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix
• http://marklogic.com
• http://developer.marklogic.com
• http://rajaamir.blogspot.com/2007/11/documentum-6-new-features.html
• http://www.emc.com/products/index.htm
• http://developer.emc.com/docs/documentum/xdb/manual/#_4
• WYSIWYG Editor:
• http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/emc-documentum-releases-v65-full-of-web-20-002923.php
• certification:
• http://dmcram.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=17
• public forum:
• http://www.dmdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9977
• Blogs, chat
• http://www.emc.com/products/detail/software/centerstage.htm
• Security:
• http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/data-sheet/h3138-security-ds.pdf
• http://www.emc.com/products/documentum-platform/security.htm

Check disc ( Chkdsk ) for any errors and fix them

Chkdsk (Chkdsk.exe) is a command-line tool that checks volumes for problems. The tool then tries to repair any that it finds. For example, Chkdsk can repair problems related to bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files, and directory errors. To use Chkdsk, you must log on as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.

For more information go to : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

Certificate Error in IE , Windows

1. Click "Start" button.Run > Type "regedit"

2. Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl"

3. Highlight "New" in the edit menu and click "Key."

4. New> Type "FEATURE_ERROR_PAGE_BYPASS_ZONE_CHECK_FOR_HTTPS_KB954312" and hit "Enter."

5. Click "New" in the edit menu and choose "DWORD Value."

6. Enter "iexplore.exe" in the value box.

7. Right click -> "Modify" in the edit menu and enter "1" in the modification area. Click "OK."

8. Close the registry editor and restart IE and see certificate error problem is gone.

CWG 2010 Delhi - Medal's Details

The front of the medal has the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi logo and dates. The back has the emblem of the Commonwealth Games Federation.
The medal is 6 mm thick with a diameter of 63.5 mm. The signature element’s starting fin is raised by 1 mm and it rises up to 3 mm on the last fin. The embossed logo and date is raised by 1mm.
The lanyard of the medal carries all six Games colors (pink, purple, green, red, yellow and blue) blending into each other. It is created with Delhi2010 brand and design elements.
Considering the various constraints in medal manufacture, Tombac Bronze (92% copper, 6% zinc and 2% nickel) was selected as base metal. This metal has the ability to flow under compressive force and allow formation of sharp and firm features in design.
OC CWG Delhi 2010 has ordered a total of 1,408 medals, which includes multiple medals for team events. The cost of producing each gold medal is Rs 5,539, while every silver medal costs Rs 4,818 and a bronze medal Rs 4,529. The total cost of producing these medals is Rs 81, 08,566 including the price of the boxes and lanyards.
Due to high projection the life of each die was very short which meant that total number of dies required for manufacture of medals are very high.

Source and more details can be found at-http://www.cwgdelhi2010.org/oc_cwg_delhi_2010_unveils_medals_games

CWG Delhi 2010 - Medals Tally

Medals Tally - Update on 10:00PM ( IST) - 11 Oct'10

1	Australia	64	40	39	143
2	India	30	23	28	81
3	England	26	48	35	109
4	Canada	23	15	28	66
5	South Africa	11	11	9	31
6	Nigeria	8	7	11	26
7	Kenya	8	6	7	21
8	Malaysia	7	7	7	21
9	Singapore	5	5	6	16
10	Scotland	4	8	7	19
11	Samoa	3	0	1	4
12	New Zealand	2	17	6	25
13	Jamaica	2	3	1	6
14	Pakistan	2	1	2	5
15	Cyprus	2	0	1	3
16	Uganda	2	0	0	2
17	Wales	1	5	8	14
18	Bahamas	1	1	3	5
19	Nauru	1	1	0	2
20	Botswana	1	0	3	4
Cayman Islands	1	0	0	1
22	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	2	4
23	Cameroon	0	1	3	4
=24	Northern Ireland	0	1	1	2
=24	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
=26	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
=26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1	0	1
=26	Seychelles	0	1	0	1
29	Ghana	0	0	3	3
=30	Isle of Man	0	0	2	2
=30	Mauritius	0	0	2	2
=30	Namibia	0	0	2	2
=30	Tonga	0	0	2	2
=34	Bangladesh	0	0	1	1
=34	Guyana	0	0	1	1
=34	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1