OpenKM is a system that allows you to easily manage electronic documents and can be used by small and large companies alike.
OpenKM is specialized in knowledge management processing, and can be used as an alternative and low cost alternative to various proprietary applications.
It is very useful if you want to manage documents in your company. OpenKM comes with a web user interface which allows you to share, set security roles and find registers and enterprise documents.
Here are some key features of "OpenKM":
Server:
· Java 1.5 or better
· JBoss Application server 4.2.x
· Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003
· Repository stored in file system, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.
· Integration with other software using WebServices
Client:
· Web-based client: you can access your document from anywhere
· Fast and enhanced user experience using AJAX
· Works with most popular browsers: Firefox 1.5 or above, IExplorer 5.5 or above, Opera and Safari
· Translated into German, Catalan, Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Farsi, Portuguese, Galician, Italian, Chinese, Swedish , Serbian, Turkish, Japanese, Romanian, Polish and Hungarian.
· Support for international languages: Russian, Japanese, Chinese
· No client side software install
· Preview of multimedia files
· Default language can be configured
· Web-based admin client
Document management:
· Mass document upload using ZIP files
· Download folder as ZIP
· Lock / Unlock documents
· Bookmarks administration
· Select user home folder
· Support for document templates
· Personal documents for each user
· User trash where deleted documents are stored
· Document subscription: mail notifications when document is modified
· Send document link by email
· Notes on documents.
Versioning:
· Based on check-in / check-out model
· Add comments to document versions
· Access previous document version
· Restore any previous document version
· You can compact the document history and save storage space
Property Groups (metadata):
· You can add custom property groups to the system to improve document metadata
· Several data formats: input, simple list, multiple select list, textarea.
· Internationalization for properties and values
Security:
· Plug-in authentication based on JAAS
· Support for LDAP, Active Directory, Database, etc.
· User / role based
· Permissions in documents and folders
· Register detailed user activity
· Support for SSL communications
Dashboard:
· User view ( documents check-out, locked downloaded, subscribed, last modified, last uploaded ).
· General view ( documents more ( modified / viewed ) last ( week / month ), last uploaded, last modified ).
Powerful search engine:
· Search by document content, keywords, modification date, author and document type.
· Automatically index uploaded documents: Text, HTML, RTF, XML, PDF, OpenOffice.org, MS Office, MS Office 2007, JPEG EXIF, MP3 ID3
· Search results ordered by relevance
· Search using Property Groups
· Save frequent searches
· Advanced search using XPath and SQL
· Users news ( push queries )
Administration:
· Show logged users
· Unlock / Cancel checkout
· Raw repository view
· Advanced search using XPath and SQL
· View detailed user activity log
· Import documents / folders from filesystem
· Export repository to filesystem
· Workflow administration.
· Jasper reports.
General enhancements:
· Reporting ( jasper reports )
Planned Features:
· Mail indexing
· Web page collect
· Control of the user space (user quota) and repository
· Integration with OpenOffice & MS Office
· Document alias
· Related documents ( relations between documents )
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fix uploader applet
· Fix for updated property group definition
· Add configuration parameter to disable user permissions on new document