Alfresco is architected in such a way that the repository services are separated from the user interface, thus giving infinite options to either embed or integrate with external applications. Alfresco repository can be embedded into customer application or it can be integrated with the customer application as shown in the following figure:
Alfresco Enterprise content management server is now available as a standalone embeddable option for OEM's. Alfresco was designed from the ground up to be embedded in modern architectures for the new world of enterprise software. It offers:
A 100 percent Java WAR file that can be simply run in an application sever
A system that can share the same JVM as the embedding application or be accessed remotely
The most scalable standards-based JSR-170 repository
An environment for rapid development with API sets for REST, Web Services, Java, JSR-170
The Alfresco Enterprise content management system...