What is open source software


Content Management: In the phase of Open Source models

In recent years, numerous pre-built open
source content management systems haveThe market for content management systems
emerged as viable alternatives to costlyremains fragmented, with many open-source and
proprietary products or custom-builtproprietary  solutions  available.
solutions.
Typically, a CMS consists of two elements:
Simple-to-install, easy-to-use alternative,the content management application (CMA) and
convenience, scalability and very low costthe  content  delivery  application  (CDA).
are perhaps some of the advantages of open
source  content  management.CMA deals with creation, modification, and
removal of content from a Web site without
To understand the open source contentneeding the expertise in the relevant fields
management systems, knowledge of theby  the  content  manager  or  author.
Enterprise Content Management is a first
criterion, since it is consistently a top-tenOur interest lies on this content management
initiative of CIO's in the Fortune 1000 andapplication (CMA) part which is the other
open source content management system is veryname of open source web content management or
much  related  to  this  ECM.opencms which helps to create and manage
complex websites easily without knowledge of
ECM (Enterprise content management) is ahtml.
broad term and it implies the acquisition and
management of both structured andIt refers to a range of technologies and
unstructured content that is dispersed acrosstechniques, including portal systems and
a number of different repositories, oftenweb-based  groupware.
described  as  "information  silos".
Complex Intranet, Extranet and Internet sites
It is a widely-recognized IT-industry termcan be quickly and cost-effectively created,
for software technology that enablesmaintained and managed by these effective
organizations to create/capture, managetechnologies.
secure, store/retain/destroy, publish
distribute, search, personalize, and presentAlso, complete websites with highly
view/print any digital content (e.g. picturescustomized layouts and interactive
images, text, reports, video, audio,functionality based on Java, JSP, XML and
transactional  data,  catalog,  code).other technology can be created by open
source web content management software
Many Enterprise Content Management (ECM)available  in  the  market.
systems  include  WCM  capabilities.
There are so many organizations that offer
WCM (web content management) in turn is thetrue Open Source Enterprise Content
management of both structure and unstructuredManagement services- Open Source Document
content that is delivered over the Internet,Management, Collaboration, Records
typically via a web site. Web ContentManagement, Knowledge Management, Web Content
Management includes content creation, siteManagement  and  Imaging.
management, workflow, access control, and
delivery.Using the open source model those
organizations make enterprise content
With the advent of the new contentmanagement affordable for many applications
architectures, the need for replication,that  were  not  possible  before.
federation and decentralized authority has
become of utmost necessity. They are allowingWeb Application Platform, Software License,
each department of the organization to planStability and Development Activity, User
for their own needs and to utilize existingCommunity, Documentation and Source Code, Web
hardware  at  a  fraction  of  the  costs.Standards and Accessibility and Suitability
and Usability are some of the reasons why you
For this we need to have a proper contentshould have open source content management
management system which is nothing but asystems for the growth of the company itself.
system used to manage the content of a Web
site.If you choose wisely, an open source CMS can
provide a stable, flexible and cost-effective
The content management system is sometimes asystem that is well-suited for your content
web application used for managing websitesmanagement  needs.
and web content though in many cases, content
management systems require special clientFinally it gives you the liberty to stay in
software for editing and constructingcontrol of your content management solution.
articles.



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