An Open Platform, Built for Data
The direction every MinuteView release moves towards
MinuteView is an open platform. We are data agnostic - we don't care what systems you use; we are there to facilitate data. The biggest expression of that thesis is an all-new data management system, built on modern principles and modern infrastructure, designed for massive scale, and open to every system your business runs on. This page describes a direction, not a versioned release.
One Thesis, Everywhere
The same mindset runs through everything on this page: bring data together, wherever it comes from, and put it to work.
An Open System, Not a Locked One
MinuteView is not designed to be a vendor lock-in system. It is designed to be an open platform that works with as many applications as possible - your data stays yours, in the tools you choose.
Any Source, Any System
The entire thesis of MinuteView is to bring data together. We don't care what systems you're using, how you make the data, or where you make it - our role is to facilitate the data and automate systems together.
Storing Data Is Only the First Step
Data that just sits in a system isn't working for you. Everything in the long-term direction is built with automation in mind - so the data you manage becomes data you act on.
An All-New Data Management System
A data management platform built on modern principles and modern functionality - not an entry-level system designed to scale to a point, but one designed to scale to a huge number.
Modern Database Foundations
Built on modern, scalable databases rather than legacy platforms like Microsoft SQL Server - using the same patterns proven at the scale of millions of simultaneous users.
- Modern scalable databases, not legacy database platforms
- Best practices from systems built for millions of concurrent users
- Designed to scale to huge numbers - not just 'to a point'
This is not an entry-level DMS that scales to a ceiling. It is designed for massive scale from day one.
No Licensing Tax
Compatibility with open databases like Postgres means no database licensing costs, and Linux support means no expensive Windows operating systems to run it on.
- Postgres-compatible - no database licensing fees
- Runs on Linux - no Windows Server licensing required
- A dramatically lower cost of ownership at every scale
Modern infrastructure choices that remove licensing cost from the equation.
A Modern, Browser-Based UI
The data management experience is browser-based from the ground up - no thick clients to install, patch, and maintain across every workstation.
- A full browser-based interface, built on modern web standards
- Access your data from any machine, anywhere
- Nothing to install or maintain on the desktop
The DMS goes wherever a browser goes.
Built to Understand Relational CAD Data
The fundamental core of the data management system is understanding relationships - the relational data at the heart of Inventor, MicroStation, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks.
- Relationship-aware at its core, not bolted on
- Understands the data of Inventor, MicroStation, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks
- Purpose-built for engineering data, not generic file storage
Understanding the relationships in your data is the purpose, not a feature.
Modern Working Patterns
Patterns that have aged out - like local working directories - are replaced with modern equivalents such as sync directories, and the DMS is built on top of those patterns from the start.
- Sync directories replace legacy local working directories
- Built on today's working patterns, not yesterday's
- Designed for how distributed teams actually work
No legacy baggage carried forward into the new platform.
Automation and a Modern REST API
The DMS sits on a platform with a tried-and-true history of handling huge volumes of automation, and exposes a modern REST API so everything can be accessed easily from outside.
- Built with automation in mind from the first line
- Sits on the proven MinuteView automation engine
- A modern REST API for easy external access to everything
The platform's automation pedigree is the foundation the DMS stands on.
Open by Design
The DMS is a very open piece: it stores data when needed, and lets you access data from outside when needed as well.
Complementary, Not Competing
Some systems are simply better suited to their own domains - project management software, sales software, and more. The DMS is designed openly, so its interface complements those systems rather than replacing them, bringing everything together by leveraging the Mesh interface.
- Works alongside the systems best suited to each job
- Project management, sales, and business systems stay where they belong
- The DMS interface brings it all together through Mesh
One interface across your data, without forcing anything out of the tools that do it best.
Data In, Data Out
It doesn't matter what type of data it is. The DMS stores data when needed and lets outside systems access data when needed - because we want everyone to be able to use the systems they need to use.
- Stores any type of data when you need it stored
- Serves data to external systems when they need it
- No vendor lock-in, by deliberate design
An open door in both directions - that is what a data platform should be.
The Direction, In Six Points
The long-term strategy isn't a versioned release - it's the thesis every release moves towards:
This page describes long-term strategy and direction. It is deliberately unversioned and carries no target dates - it represents the thinking that guides MinuteView's releases, and scope and priorities may change as development progresses.