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I'm surprised that there were quite a few programs not mentions on the DMS wikipedia page -- People might consider them to be more as repository software than DMS (or RMS), but some other ones to mention that would be useful to managing already existing documents:

• FedoraCommons
• DSpace

And if you're looking for librarians with an IT background, in the libraries they're called "Systems Librarians". You might also check out the oss4lib and code4lib communities.

That would be at http://www.fedora.info/

The Fedora Project is a type of CMS, although not quite as you describe. It is a collaboration of Cornell University Information Science and the University of Virginia Library and is, AFAIK, all or mostly in Java. It is not Red Hat's Fedora and predates it.

Somebody mentioned Microsoft. They actually participate in such a project, namely PLANETS, where they do in fact work towards open formats and preservation of our ability to access past, current and future file formats.

It's exciting work. Relevant too ;)

Couldn't you guys have come up with a different name to the Fedora repository software?

I've been working on a digital archives project here at work, and apparently there's an open source archive product called Fedora. One of the interesting features of it is that the archived format of the digital object can be different from the presented format of the digital object. So in the case of movies, you can archive a high-res MPEG4 or whatever format you want, but display it to web-based users as a crappy low-res Flash movie. When user requirements change (e.g., users' bandwidth dramatically increases), then you can change the format in which you deliver the archived objects without having to go through the archival procedure again. I can't imagine that Google isn't doing something similar.

I use several .info addresses. Many municipalities use them, e.g. http://lacounty.info/. Some GNU/FSF programs use them, like Gnuplot: http://www.gnuplot.info/. Other open-source projects like Fedora (which predates the Fedora Linux distribution) use them: http://www.fedora.info/

http://www.fedora.info/
(Not to be confused with the Linux distribution)

From the website, Fedora is "a general purpose repository service...devoted to...providing open-source repository software that can serve as the foundation for many types of information management systems".

Problem for some is that Fedora can be a little hard to grok. It's not an out-of-the-box repository to install and run, like the repository application mentioned in the article (DSpace). It's an architecture for building repository software. Once you understand the potential for building applications on top of Fedora, you start to see some light at the end of the tunnel for just the sort of issues the article raises.

"The proposed patents common, which mimics the Creative Commons licensing scheme for creative works including art and music, is designed to enable developers to exchange ideas with fewer concerns about patent infringement. and Red Hat's efforts to lobby for patent reform in the U.S. and Europe."

For all this good talk about respecting people's creative energy and IP reform, they are at present trampling on the real Fedora project's rights.

Does anyone know what happened to the Fedora Vs Fedora Trademark Problem? http://www.fedora.info/redHat.shtml I think this topic was posted on /. way back in 2003 http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/20/1722215.shtm l?tid=110&tid=187 I am really surprised to see much info on how the issue got settled.

http://www.fedora.info/

"
Fedora is a general purpose repository service developed jointly by The University of Virginia Library and Cornell University. The Fedora project is devoted to the goal of providing open-source repository software that can serve as the foundation for many types of information management systems.

The software demonstrates how distributed digital information management can be deployed using web-based technologies, including XML and web services."

http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/papers/aDORe_20050 128_submission.pdf

"aDORe: a modular, standards-based Digital Object Repository ..."

Ironic that Red Hat seems to miffed about people using their name. They're not so bothered that they stole The Fedora Project's name when they changed the name of their 'home' distro. Red Hat proceeded to apply for a trademark on the name which would preclude the name being used by the Feodra Project which predates their trademark application by a number of years.

Read the Fedora Project's statement here.

Ironic that Red Hat seems to miffed about people using their name. They're not so bothered that they stole The Fedora Project's name when they changed the name of their 'home' distro. Red Hat proceeded to apply for a trademark on the name which would preclude the name being used by the Feodra Project which predates their trademark application by a number of years.

Read the Fedora Project's statement here.

It looks to me to be more that the Univerisy simply wants to be able to keep using the Fedora name whereas RedHat wants to claim ownership of it and prevent anybody else from using it.

http://www.fedora.info/fedora.htm

The last entry on the way back machine doesn't show that TM on the FEDORA Project site.

However, it does appear that they have been using the Fedora name longer than the original Fedora Linux Project, but not longer than Red Hat has been associated with the Fedora.

anyone else find it a bit of a coincidence that the Fedora Project's web site has a black hat as its logo?

Maybe you should re-read The Fedora(TM) Project's press release...

There is substantial evidence for prior use of the name Fedora(TM) by the Cornell and Virginia teams starting in 1998. This includes published papers, web sites, software releases, and public presentations.