Re: [OSCOM] Open source CMS / documents are content/

Hay Oliver


 Both types of system  generally support:  versioning of objects, workflow 
tools, meta-data
> management, roles and permissions, indexing and searching, hierarchical 
> directory structures (and other tools to organize objects).


what about  browser based?
With SOA  to become dominant environment in the future, can the home 
based/remote user  expect
a tool that support file handling via browser/IP?  Is this a common feature 
in typical DMS, in you experience?
I know there are some tools that support it, by I dont think it has been the 
norm historically

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> To enhance a good content management system to do document management, one 
> would need to add support for mass importing and indexing large 
> collections of documents

re: mass import
In my experience 'import' functions are not limited by size, ie the volume 
of files is irrelevant to the system design (other than hardware and cache 
size perhaps) the function is simply  'select file to be imported'  and 
'import files' - two clicks - please correct me where I am wrong

re: indexing
wouldnt the same indexing that supports search and retrieval - generally 
built in in advanced systems - be
used for this purpose, If necessary maybe duplicated and  with certain 
variable and parameters configured ad hoc?


an OCR tool to index scanned content,

I believe they are rather standard add ons, even available free (not sure 
how good)

 and a UI  for internal users that emphasizes adding and versioning 
documents, and
> organizing and searching the library.


I think the benefits of your suggested functional CMS extension could 
outweigh the cost of buidling a straight DMS, although the amount of 
thinking around it would have to be marginally more intensive,
allowing of course for some situations when the option is not 
desired/preferred for whatever reason

Paola DM



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