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An OpenOffice based Content Management System?

Posted by Cliff on from the opening-your-files-in-a-different-way dept.

bergeron76 asks: "Does anyone know of any OpenOffice based Content Management applications for Unix? I generate a tremendous amount of documents, spreadsheets, etc. and I'd like a way to organize them in a format other than a filesystem. A while back, I used a system called Docs Open. It was basically just a 'File Save [As]' dialog replacement database front-end for saving my document. I was _required_ to enter only meta-data(not the filename) about the document (keywords, description, etc) in order to save it. Conversely, it had a corresponding open-file dialog box that displayed the recent documents (DB records) and a query window for searching. It was a very nice system, and I'm wondering if anything like this exists for open-office or other popular non-Microsoft Office suites. I'm not seeking web-based systems, I'm seeking an integrated OO Plug-in or similar technology."

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  1. Document Management by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What you are asking for is a 'Document Management' system. I know, I integrate our product with lots of doc mgmt systems and Integration is my job. (We also do GIS among other things).

    Unfortunately, I don't know of any for Unix that work with OpenOffice, we only deal with Windows. FWIW, Trim Context and DataWorks are a pain ;)

    D.

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  2. Re:This is the point of Open Source by itwerx · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You have the source code.
    Write your own CMS.

    Some of us have only 24 hours per day to divide among work, family and sleep.

    Mod parent flamebait/troll. :(

  3. Re:How about CVS or Subversion? by Synonymous+Yellowbel · · Score: 2, Insightful
    If you don't have a distribution and review process to be automated, maybe what you really want is a source code control system.

    Didn't sound to me like he wanted anything of the sort. I got the impression that rather than a revision control system, he wants a metadata-driven storage/database system, with a key feature being integration into OO.org. Essentially, a quick/easy alternative to saving his documents and then loading them as BLOBs into a database with suitable categorisation metadata.

    I can't offer anything to match the requirements myself, but it does sound like an interesting/useful idea.

    steve