Open source solutions for implementing ECM



Various open source solutions available in the market are :-

Solution Platform Features
Alfresco Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems

Technologies:
  • Java
  • Document Management
  • Web Content Management (including full webapp & session virtualization)
  • Repository-level versioning (similar to Subversion)
  • Transparent overlays (similar to unionfs)
  • Records Management, including 5015.2 certification
  • Image Management
  • Auto-generated XForms with AJAX support
  • Integrated Publishing
  • Repository access via CIFS/SMB, FTP, WebDAV, NFS and CMIS
  • Activities workflow
  • Lucene search
  • Federated servers
  • Multi-language support
  • Portable application packaging
  • Multi-platform support (officially Windows, GNU/Linux and Solaris)
  • Browser-based GUI (official support for Internet Explorer and Firefox)
  • Desktop integration with Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice.
  • Clustering support
  • Pluggable authentication: NTLM, LDAP, Kerberos, CAS
  • Multiple Database support: MySQL, PostgreSQL (Community Edition), Oracle Database, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server (Enterprise Edition)
LogicalDOC GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

Technologies:
  • Apache_Tomcat Application Server
  • Java J2SE (JDK 1.6 or higher)
  • GWT (Google Web Toolkit - Ajax)
  • Lucene
  • Spring Framework
  • Document Management
  • Document revisioning (minor and major revisions)
  • Image Management
  • Repository access via WebDAV and Webservice
  • jBPM workflow
  • Lucene search
  • Multi-language support
  • Multi-platform support (Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X)
  • Browser-based GUI (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari)
  • Desktop integration with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook
  • Clustering support
  • Pluggable authentication: LDAP or Active Directory
  • Multiple Database support: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
  • Documents full preview
  • Integrated OCR and Barcode recognition
  • Integrated TWAIN scanner support
KnowledgeTree Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux clients

Technologies:
  • PHP
  • Apache Web Server
  • Document management
  • Version control
  • Access control through roles and permissions
ApexKB Platform :
  • Apache
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services
  • Hiawatha
  • Cherokee or Zeus Web Servers


Database:
  • Oracle
  • IBM DB2
  • Microsoft SQL Server


Technologies:
  • PHP
  • Javascript
  • leverages bookmarking to create a user-submitted index engine
  • allows users to tag any data, not just web pages
  • provides keyword and description tags
  • also provides expanded knowledge tags
  • knowledge tags can be customized to meet specific requirements
  • tag terms can be aligned with corporate taxonomies or data dictionary
  • a tag term is highlighted if it exists in the dictionary – user can click through to read the term
  • group based permissions and easy integration with LDAP
Nuxeo Platform :
  • Apache
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services
  • Hiawatha
  • Cherokee or Zeus Web Servers


Database:
  • Oracle
  • IBM DB2
  • Microsoft SQL Server


Technologies:
  • PHP
  • Javascript
  • Content models (via XSD schemas)
  • Document life cycle management
  • Access controls for security
  • Event model and event handler
  • Query system
  • Lock handling
  • Configurable versioning policy
  • Configurable persistence back-end
  • Support for CMIS 1.0: Apache Chemistry OpenCMIS
  • Customizable audit trail management
  • Document Routing Service: enables user-designed workflows of documents and selection of stages (human or automated) among a shared library of steps
  • Content annotation management (W3C Annotea)
  • Management of relationships within RDF graphs
  • Comment service
  • Notifications and email alerts
  • Import/Export in XML format
  • Directory: users, groups, vocabularies
  • Dashboards with an OpenSocial gadgets container
  • Web publishing tools - Wiki, blogs, simple web page creation
  • Content views - manage, configure, and sort content listings
  • Faceted navigation - repository browsing with dynamic filtering on multiple facets
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