It usually means either Content Management System (i.e. Joomla) or Course Management System (i.e. Blackboard or Moodle)
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:22 PM, nevio carlos de alarcão < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, sorry, but what does CMS stand for, I mean what's it? > Here at Banco do Brasil, the bigger financial company of latin america, > security is paramount. We are dealing well with that teaching people to use > the watch features, as it was said. > respecfully > > > 2009/11/9 Daniel Barrett <[email protected]> > > > >> But they say that mediawiki user right management is not enough > powerful > > for us. > > > > >And they are right to say that. ("MediaWiki is not designed to be a CMS, > > or to protect sensitive data....) > > > > Well... they're correct that MediaWiki's rights management isn't very > > powerful, but it might still be powerful "enough" for many uses. > > > > In a typical corporation, a tremendous amount of information does not > need > > to be access-controlled. Wikis are excellent for this kind of > information. > > > > Additionally, there is information that people THINK needs to be > > access-controlled, but doesn't really need it. If you educate people > about > > the MediaWiki "watch" feature -- that people can be notified instantly if > > someone messes with their articles -- that may be enough to satisfy > people. > > > > Finally, you have the small amount of information that truly needs tight > > access control: legal documents, financial documents, Human Resources > > official policies, etc. Buy a heavyweight CMS for that, and use > lightweight > > MediaWiki for the rest! > > > > DanB > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > -- > {+}Nevinho > Venha para o Movimento Colaborativo http://sextapoetica.com.br !! > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- Daniel Mendes A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. - Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
