I was just thinking about posting a similar note. Seems to me if a true document management system is overkill then a wiki would work great. Just create a hierarchy of pages and each leaf page would be dedicated to a document (attached) and metadata (wiki notes).
main -dept1 -proj1 -doc1 -doc2 -doc3 Here at Puryear IT we actually use a mixture of systems. Not ideal, but it's working so far. Basically, for project management we use a web-based system which allows us to attach versioned documents to a project and/or project tasks. For documents not specific to a project we either dump then on network storage or we write them directly as text in an internal wiki. Like I said, not ideal but damn it seems to work. I have a ticket assigned internally I think for someone to find a Google appliance-like open source package so we can find documents and notes across all of our systems more easily. One day.. ;) -- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration Scott Harney wrote: > Shannon Roddy wrote: >> I'm debating on punting and just setting up a table updated by hand. >> It would be *really* nice to find something that would allow other >> users to post docs and metadata about the doc... I guess I just need >> to find time to evaluate the ones google brings up. not enough hours >> in the day.... >> > I'm not exactly sure what you're usage scenario is, but if it's just > internal documentation, we use TWiki in my shop. most people write > straight into the Wiki which does automatic version control. We hooked > authentication into LDAP, of course. some people do upload non-html > attachment, eg Word docs, pdf, etc. > > It's simple, but it works. > >> On Nov 20, 2007 3:08 PM, Tim Fournet <tfournet at tfour.net> wrote: >> >>> We're using Plone right now as kind of a documentation repository. I >>> like it and wanted to use it as a DMS, but I didn't find it that handy >>> for uploaded files >>> >>> >>> CM Banker wrote: >>> >>>> Plone is a CMS but has most of the elements of a DMS with the >>>> exception of integrated scanning & tagging (ala Paragon Filenet). >>>> >>>> It is multi-platform. >>>> >>>> On Nov 20, 2007 9:00 AM, Tim Fournet <tfournet at tfour.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> There are a couple that I know of that you may want to consider: >>>>> knowledgeTree and Alfresco. Alfresco is more of a CMS, but is built to >>>>> work well for document management >>>>> I haven't chosen one for myself yet, but it is on my to-to list. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Shannon Roddy wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I can't remember if this has come up before, but anyone know of a good >>>>>> open source document management package out there? Hopefully with the >>>>>> ability to specify different access controls per file. Yes, this >>>>>> would be running on Linux/Apache. ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> While I am at it... any suggestions on web based calendaring? >>>>>> >>>>>> -Shannon >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> General mailing list >>>>>> General at brlug.net >>>>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> General mailing list >>>>> General at brlug.net >>>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> General at brlug.net >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General at brlug.net >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
