Did a little googling. I recommend either
http://plone.org (Zope/Python based) or
http://www.xinco.org (Java based).
Xinco seems to provide the features you specified:
* manages Documents / Files / Text / URLs /
Contacts...
* Full-Text Indexing and Search of Text, Adobe
PDF, MS Word, MS Excel, HTML, ...
* Graphical Search Query Builder
* tree-based Folder / Data Object Hierarchy
* native Support for organizing Multi-Language
Data
* direct preview / editing of Files, direct
opening of Websites in default browser, direct opening
of Contacts in default Email application
* Standalone Java Client (multi-language),
deployed via Java Web Start
* Massive Data Import Tool (Multiple Files +
Sub-Folders)
* Access Control Lists for Users and Groups
* FDA 21 CFR part 11 compliance (both XincoAdmin &
XincoExplorer)
* Checkin / Checkout, Version Control and
preservation of previous Revisions
* Data Commenting / Discussion
* XincoPublisher for accessing public data (e.g.
linking from external websites, browsing)
* periodic File Archiving to external storage
volumes
* Client / Server - Communications via SOAP Web
Services + SOAP with Attachments (SAAJ)
* scalable Server and Web Service Engine built on
Apache Axis
* open to third-party Clients and direct
Application Integration (Web Services + Open Source)
* fast and reliable MySQL or PostgreSQL database
backend
* Storage Location of Files and Search Index on
different volumes to optimize use of Network Storage
Devices (NAS, SAN)
*
* xinco DMS? is growing to be a feature-rich,
professional DMS for managing your critical Business
Information.....
--- Shannon Roddy <sroddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 19, 2007 8:11 PM, John Hebert
> <johnahebert at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Shannon,
> >
> > I've looked at a few open source Electronic
> Document
> > Management Systems a few years, but nothing was
> really
> > eye-catching then.
> >
> > A few questions:
> > 1. How many total users of the system?
>
> Total possible users is ~500 if you count everyone,
> however I don't
> think everyone in the org will use it. I can see
> maybe 20 people
> posting docs.
>
> > 2. How many of those users will be using the
> system at
> > any one time?
>
> probably max of about 20 possible, more likely only
> a couple - if that.
>
> > 3. Do you have a rough estimate of the number of
> > documents you will be putting into the system over
> say
> > a month?
>
> 20+?
> > 4. Any idea how large these documents will be on
> the
> > average?
>
> Everything from a small text file, to word docs,
> ppt, and pdfs.
>
> > 5. What kind of documents will you be storing?
> Images?
> > PDFs?
>
> ^^^
> > 6. How will you be indexing the documents when put
> > them in the system? By hand? Automation?
> >
>
> Hmm... probably just user entered metadata at time
> of posting.
>
> > Windows implementation. I am not recommending to
> you
> > however, as it is $$$.
>
> Yeah... this is a zero budget thing for a 501(c)3.
>
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