Dominique Cimafranca wrote:
I wonder if there isn't a better way of managing documents. Samba, NFS, and
other file-sharing protocols are all so 20th century.
I would like a product where you can:
1) Check in your document, any type of document, into a repository
2) Allocate access rights to the document
3) Put relevant index tags into the document, esp. for multimedia
4) Automatically manage versions
5) Automatically retrieve documents based on keywords, with option for
expanded search based on synonyms and cloud maps
and basically just move away from the file and folder metaphor.
First, Samba, NFS, OpenAFs, etc are file systems as you know. These are
protocols/utilities
and/or device drivers for storing, retrieving, and management
(creating, changing, and
deleting) of files in networking environments.
Secondly, if I understand you correctly, you're after document manager.
By this I mean a set of protocols,
applications, and tools that stores and retrieves documents, keeps
records of what, when,
where, who, whatfor, type, etc. about documents.
The first is about storage and retrieval of files, whilst the second is
the storage, retrieval, tracking
(the 5 W's), of documents.
I'm currently using,
trac (www.edgewall.com) + clearsilver(www.clearsilver.net) +
subversion(subversion.tigris.org) + rapidsvn + Apache
= Integrated Supply Chain & Project Management.
Not the exact fit of your specifications but it comes close to my mind.
If there is something similar or better, I'd be pleased to know. TIA.
Hope this helps.
O Plameras
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