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Joint Operational Programme - BLACK SEA BASIN 2007-2013
CULTURe EXchange Platform (CULTUR-EXP) project
kick-off meeting, 26-27 August 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia
Cultur-exp project, Tbilisi, 26-27 August 2013
Presentation Overview
•
GA2. Selection of existing open source
platform – overview, planning – R. Kvatadze
GRENA, P. Bogatencov RENAM
•
GA3. Platform adaptation and implementation
– overview, planning – P. Bogatencov
RENAM, R. Kvatadze GRENA
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Project Platform ?
General structure and requirements (as specified in
the Grant Application Form):
• User presentation module - will be used to create
and store platform users’ own profile, the user
presentation module will be able to support:
– Artists: allow digitized samples of own art, express
interest in types and geographical locations of
performance events, interest in particular arts or culture
areas.
– Culture infrastructure owners: inventory of
performance sites operated and available to artists,
timetable of the events and availability.
– Culture operators: description of activities, schedule of
planned events.
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Project Platform?
• Event scheduler – a sort of thematic calendar, where
platform participants will be able to locate and advertise
their events.
• Culture browser – this module will provide a catalogue and
search facility for any type of content on the platform. It will
be tailor-made to enable searching the content (e.g. events)
by art, region, operator, artist, etc. It is assumed that there
will be a possibility to interface with 3rd party systems to
provide the schedule other important 3rd party events.
• Collaborative tools – the popular collaboration tools
(videoconference, chat) will be integrated so the platform
users will be able to work online for preparation of common
events.
• Announcement boards – a functionality allowing for
posting messages, announcements related to culture.
• Thematic discussion/reflection spaces - where users
from different areas, cultures may freely participate and
express their opinions on events, art, tradition.
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Project Platform?
• To provide rich content on the platform –
by attracting, encouraging and training
culture providers to advertise on the
platform, and (for some participants) – to
provide own cultural content.
• To ensure the uptake of the platform by
the users – by disseminating, advertising,
training activities
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Project Platform ?
• Open source (or any other cost free
solution)
• Web oriented architecture
• Multilingual, multinational
• Various types of content (widget, calendar,
add, tickets, multimedia files, …)
• Type and possibility of convenient
organization of operating, adaptation and
development
• Having users’ friendly interfaces and
simple for take up
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GA2. Selection of existing open source platform
– overview
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Project Platform ?
What we want to analyze, propose to install and
use:
§ Web platforms:
• CMS
• CMF
§ Repository
Platforms
§ Leading platforms for online communities/social
networks
§ Case studies of similar European Cultural Websites
§ Analogous sites in Moldova and in other countries
of the Black Sea region
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List of content management systems (CMS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems
Name
Platform
RDBMS
Latest release
Licenses
Apache
Roller
Java
HSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL,
Apache Derby
5.0.1
Apache 2.0
License
OpenCms
Java
HSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL
8.5.0
LGPL
Ametys CMS
Java
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, JCR, Apache Derby
3.4
Apache 2.0
License
Liferay
Java
HSQLDB, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Apache Derby,
Informix, InterBase, JDataStore, PostgreSQL, SAP,
Sybase
6.1.1
LGPL
DSpace
Java
Oracle, PostgreSQL
1.8.2
BSD License
Fedora
Commons
Java
MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Mulgara (MPTSTore RDF
Semantic Triplestore)
3.6.1
Apache License
dotCMS
Java
MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL
2.2.1
GNU GPL v2
LogicalDOC
Java
MySQL, Oracle
6.6.1
LGPL
Nuxeo EP
Java
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Ingres, PostgreSQL
5.6
LGPL
Alfresco
Community
Edition
Java
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Ingres, PostgreSQL, DB2
4.2.c
LGPL
Magnolia
Java
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Ingres, JCR
4.5.8
GPL proprietary
Hippo CMS
Java
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Ingres, PostgreSQL, JCR
7.8
Apache 2.0
License
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List of content management systems (CMS, continuation)
VosaoCMS
Java/GAE
BigTable
0.8
GPL
Java
Any, via Yarep/JCR
Continuously
Apache
License,
Version 2.0
OpenWGA
Java
MySQL, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, HSQLDB, Oracle, SQL Server,
IBM Lotus Domino, CMIS
6.0
GPL &
proprietary
OpenKM
Java
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, HSQLDB
6.2.1
GPL
Microsoft ASP.NET
Name
Platform
Supported databases
Latest stable
release
Licenses
Composite C1
ASP.NET (Web Forms,
MVC)
XML, SQL Server
3.2
Mozilla Public
License
DotNetNuke
ASP.NET (Web Forms)
SQL Server
7.0
MIT License
mojoPortal
ASP.NET
SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite,
Firebird, SQL CE
2.3.9.6
CPL
Orchard
Project
ASP.NET (MVC)
SQL Server, SQLCE, MySQL, SQLite,
PostgreSQL[6]
1.6.0
New BSD
License
Umbraco
ASP.NET (Web Forms,
MVC)
SQL Server, MySQL
6.0.4
MIT License
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List of content management systems (CMS)
Perl
Name
Platform
Supported databases
Latest stable
release
Licenses
Latest release
date
blosxom
Perl
Flat-file database
2.1.2
MIT
2008-10-02
Bricolage
Perl on mod perl
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
2.0.1
BSD
2011-02-09
Cyclone3
Perl
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
versionless
(SVN)
GPL
2012-11-29
EPrints
Perl on mod perl
MySQL, PostgreSQL
3.3.11
GPL
2013-01-31
Foswiki
Perl
Plain files (under version control)
1.1.8
GPL
2013-03-01
Ikiwiki
Perl
Git (software), Apache Subversion,
Mercurial
3.20120203
GPL
2012-02-03
Movable
Type
Perl, mod perl,
FastCGI, w/PHP
MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle,
PostgreSQL, SQLite
5.2.3
GPL
2013-01-23
TWiki
Perl
Plain files (under version control)
5.1.4
GPL
2013-02-16
WebGUI
Perl on mod perl
MySQL
7.10.27
GPL
2012-10-29
Python
Name
Platform
Supported databases
Latest stable
release
Licenses
Latest release
date
Django-cms
Python/Django
PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite 3 and Oracle
3.1.0
BSD
2012-11-09
FeinCMS[3]
Python/Django
PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite 3 and Oracle
1.7.4
?
2013-03-01
MoinMoin
Python
Flat-file database
1.9.7
GPL
2013-03-17
Plone
Python/Zope
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, ZODB, via
Zope
4.3
GPL
2013-04-13
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List of content management systems (CMS)
Ruby on Rails
Name
Platform
Supported databases
Latest stable
release
Licenses
Latest release
date
BrowserCMS
Ruby on Rails
MySQL, SQLite
3.3.2
LGPL
2011-10-12
Comfortable
Mexican Sofa
Ruby on Rails
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
1.8.4
MIT
2013-07-09
Flagship Docs
Ruby on Rails
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
2.0
MIT
2010-02-02
Radiant
Ruby on Rails
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite,
DB2[66]
1.1.0
MIT
2012-08-30
Refinery CMS
Ruby on Rails
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
2.0.8
MIT
2012-08-18
Typo
Ruby on Rails
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
6.1
MIT
2012-03-17
CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language)
Name
Platform
Supported databases
Latest stable
release
Licenses
Latest release
date
Mura
CMS
Railo / OpenBD /
Adobe ColdFusion
MySQL/Microsoft SQL
Server/Oracle
6.0
GPL /
Commercial
License
2012-12-13
FarCry
CMS
Railo / OpenBD /
Adobe ColdFusion
MySQL/Microsoft SQL
Server/Oracle/Postgres
6.2.7
GPL /
Commercial
License
2013-01-21
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List of content management systems (CMS)
Name
Platform
Supported databases
Latest release
Licenses
Latest release date
AdaptCMS
PHP
MySQL
2.0.4
GPL
2012-09-29[
ATutor
PHP
MySQL
2.1.1
GPL
2013-03-15
b2evolution
PHP
MySQL
4.1.6
GPL
2012-11-23[
BEdita
PHP
MySQL
3.1.7
AGPL
2012-03-05
CMS Made Simple
PHP
MySQL
1.11.6
GPL
2013-4-19
CMSimple
PHP
Flat-file database
3.4
GPL
2011-05-15
concrete5
PHP
MySQL
5.6.1.2
MIT
2013-03-21
Contao
PHP
MySQL
3.0.6
LGPL
2013-03-21
Cotonti
PHP
MySQL
0.9.13
BSD
2013-03-16[
Directus
PHP
MySQL[21]
5.1
GPL
2012-03-20
Dokuwiki
PHP
Flat-file database
2012-01-25
GPL
2012-01-25
Dotclear
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
2.5
GPL
2013-03-16
Drupal
PHP
MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite,
Microsoft SQL Server
7.22
GPL
2013-03-06
DynPG
PHP
MySQL
4.5.2
GPL
2012-11-15[
Exponent CMS
PHP
MySQL
2.1.3
GPL
2013-02-22
eZ Publish
PHP5
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server
5.0
GPL
2012-11-22
Geeklog
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server
1.8.0
GPL
2011-06-12
GetSimple CMS
PHP
Flat-file database
3.2.0
GPL3
2013-02-11
Habari
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
0.9.0
Apache
License
2011-12-13
ImpressCMS
PHP
1.3.4
GPL
2012-12-03
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List of content management systems (CMS)
Joomla!
PHP
MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle,
SQLite[32]
2.5.9 (LTS) /
3.0.3
GPL
2013-02-04
Kajona
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB,
Oracle
4.0
LGPL
2013-01-09
Knowledge
Tree
Community
Edition
PHP
MySQL
3.7
GPL &
proprietary
2009-12-08
Lyceum
PHP
MySQL
1.0.3
GPL
2008-06-04
Magento
PHP
MySQL
1.7.0.2
GPL
2012-07-05
Mambo
PHP
MySQL
4.6.5
GPL
2008-06-01
Mediawiki
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
1.20.3
GPL
2013-03-14
MiaCMS
PHP
MySQL
4.9
GPL
2009-07-29
Midgard CMS
PHP (Midgard
framework)
MySQL
12.0.9.2
LGPL
2012-09-26
MODX
PHP
MySQL
2.2.6
GPL
2012-12-03
Moodle
PHP
MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, or Oracle
2.4.3
GPLv3+
2013-03-18
Nucleus CMS
PHP
MySQL
3.64
GPL
2011-03-14
Ocportal
PHP
MySQL
9.0.6
CPAL
2013-02-189.0.6
papaya CMS
PHP5
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
5.5.2
GNU/GPL 2
2013-02-12
Phire CMS
PHP 5.2.6+
MySQL
1.1.2
New BSD
License
2011-07-07
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List of content management systems (CMS)
PHP-Fusion
PHP
MySQL
7.02.06
AGPLv3
2013-01-27
PHP-Nuke
PHP
MySQL
8.1
GPL
2009-05-22
phpWebLog
PHP
MySQL
0.5.3
GPL
2013-04-16
phpWebSite
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL
1.6.3
LGPL
2009-06-17
phpWiki
PHP
MySQL
1.2.11
GPL
2008-03-18
pimcore
PHP
MySQL
1.4.9
BSD
2013-03-02
PivotX
PHP
MySQL, Flat-file database
2.3.3
GPL
2012-05-13
Pixie (CMS)
PHP
MySQL
1.0.2
GPL
2009-03-24
PmWiki
PHP
Flat-file database[49] SQLite[50]
2.2.36
GPL
2011-12-28
Prestashop
PHP5
MySQL
1.4.7
GPL
2012-02-08
ProcessWire
PHP5
MySQL
2.3
GPL
2013-03-18
RavenNuke
CMS
PHP
MySQL
2.5.1
GPL
2013-02-17
SMW+
PHP - MediaWiki
MySQL
1.6.0
GPL
2011-12-02
Serendipity
PHP + Smarty
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MySQLi, SQLite
1.6.2
BSD
2012-05-16
SilverStripe
PHP 5.3.2+
MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server,
PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle
3.0.2
BSD
2012-09-17
SPIP
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
3.0.8
GPL
2013-04-17
TangoCMS
PHP
MySQL
2.6.1
GNU/GPL 2
2010-11-29
Textpattern
PHP
MySQL
4.5.4
GPL
2012-12-05
Tiki Wiki CMS
Groupware
PHP
MySQL
10.0
LGPL
2012-12-21
Tribiq CMS
PHP
MySQL
6.0.5a
BSD
2012-11-07
TYPO3
PHP
MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL
4.5.25 (LTS) /
6.0.4
GPL
2013-04-04
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List of content management systems (CMS)
Wolf CMS
PHP
MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL
0.7.5SP1
GPL v3
2012-04-11
WordPress
PHP
MySQL
3.5.1
GPL
2013-01-24
Xpress
Engine
PHP
MySQL, Cubrid, PostgreSQL, SQLite,
Firebird, MSSQL
1.5.1.2
LGPL v2
2012-01-05
Xaraya
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL
2.2.0
GPL
2012-06-23
XOOPS
PHP
MySQL
2.5.5
GPL
2012-04-17
Zikula
PHP
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle
1.3.5
GPL
2012-12-07
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List of content management frameworks (CMF)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_frameworks
Name
Technologies
Alfresco
Java
Ametys CMS
Java
Apache Jackrabbit
Java
Apache Lenya
Java, Apache Cocoon
Apache Sling
Java, JSP, ECMAScript
AxKit
Perl
Catalyst
Perl
CherryPy
Python
Cotonti
PHP 5 and MySQL
Django-CMS
Python, Django and MySQL/PostgreSQL
Drupal
PHP and MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/SQLite
DotNetNuke
.NET Framework, works with SQL Server (www.dotnetnuke.com)
Exponent CMS
An MVC framework using PHP and MySQL
eZ Publish
PHP 5, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
Jakarta Slide
Java
Joomla!
PHP and MySQL
Liferay
Java
Magnolia CMS
Java
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List of content management frameworks (CMF)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_frameworks
Mambo
PHP and MySQL
Maypole
Perl
Midgard
GLib, D-Bus, PHP, Python and MySQL
MODX
PHP 4.1.x-5 and MySQL 3.2x-5
Orchard
ASP.NET MVC and Microsoft SQL Server or SQL Server Compact
OpenACS
AOLserver and PostgreSQL or Oracle
Pimcore
PHP 5.3+, Zend Framework and MySQL
Piranha CMS
ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Compact or
MySql
Plone
Python
ProcessWire
PHP and MySQL
Refinery CMS
Ruby on Rails
RIFE
Java
SilverStripe (Sapphire framework)
PHP 5, works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
Solodev
PHP 5, MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server
Symfony CMF
PHP 5.3+ (NoSQL dabatabases, RDBMS through PHPCR)
TangoCMS
PHP 5 and MySQL
TYPO3
PHP, works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_frameworks
Umbraco
.NET Framework, works with SQL Server, VistaDB, with
XSLT or .NET UserControls
Microsoft SharePoint Server
.NET Framework, works with SQL Server or Windows
Internal Database
Microsoft SharePoint
Foundation
.NET Framework, works with SQL Server or Windows
Internal Database
WordPress
PHP and MySQL
Xaraya
PHP and MySQL
XOOPS
PHP and MySQL
Xpress Engine
PHP with MySQL, Cubrid, Firebird, SQLite, PostgreSQL,
MSSQL
Zotonic
Erlang with PostgreSQL
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Repository Platforms part 1
Archon http://www.archon.org/index.php - Open-source, award-winning software from
University of Illinois for archivists and manuscript curators. It automatically publishes archival
descriptive information and digital archival objects in a user-friendly website.
BePress DigitalCommons http://www.bepress.com/ir/ - Full service, commercial
digital repository platform from Berkeley Electronic Press.
ContentDM http://www.contentdm.com/ - OCLC's commercial platform for digital
libraries. "High-performance storage and retrieval software for multimedia collections".
Digitool http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/DigiToolOverview/ - Commercial
digital collections platform from Exlibris.
DSpace http://www.dspace.org/ - Open-source digital repository software developed at
MIT. "DSpace captures, stores, indexes, preserves and redistributes an organization's research
material in digital formats." The MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard (HP) jointly developed
DSpace. The system is now freely available to research institutions world-wide as an open
source system that can be customized and extended.
DXLS http://www.dlxs.org/index.html - University of Michigan Digital Library eXtension
Service (DLXS) provides the foundation and the framework for educational and non-profit
institutions to fully develop their digital library collections. Participating institutions include the
National Library of Medicine and The Getty Research Institute. Basic DLXS and searching is
open-source and free, but a more robust search platform is available commercially.
EPrints http://www.eprints.org/ - Open-source and commercial institutional repository
platforms and support. Developed at the School of Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton, UK.
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Repository Platforms part2
•
Fedora Commons http://www.fedora.info/
Fedora open-source software, a robust integrated repository-centered platform, enables the
storage, access and management of virtually any kind of digital content. Fedora Commons
is a non-profit organization providing sustainable technologies to create, manage, publish,
share and preserve digital content.
• Greenstone http://www.greenstone.org/
Open-source, multilingual digital library platform from UNESCO
• Hyperion http://www.sirsidynix.com/
Commercial digital archive management from SirsiDynix.
• Innovative Interfaces – Digital Asset Management
http://www.iii.com/products/digital_asset_mgmt.shtml
Commercial programs from Innovative: Content Pro, Symposium, MetaData Builder, Media
Management.
• InMagic Presto http://www.inmagic.com/products/Presto/index.html
Commercial platform for managing internal digital assets.
• Vital http://www.vtls.com/products/vital/
Commercial institutional repository solution from VTLS. Built on Fedora™, this software is
designed to simplify the development of digital object repositories and to provide seamless
online search and retrieval of information for administrative staff, contributing faculty and
end-users.
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Enabling deposit, preservation, and access to digital content.
Tool
Implementa
tion
Cost
Platform
Installation
User
interface
API
CONTENTdm
Download
Service
Subscription
Lin
Win
Simple
Web
Yes
DataFlow
Download
Free
Lin
Complex
CL
Web
Yes
Free
Lin
Mac
Win
Moderate
Web
Yes
Free
Lin
Mac
Win
Moderate
Web
Yes
Complex
CL
Web
Yes
Free
Lin
Mac
Win
Free
Lin
Mac
Win
Complex
CL
Web
DSpace
EPrints
Fedora
Wordpress.org
Download
Download
Download
Download
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Yes
Enabling deposit, preservation, and access to digital content
• CONTENTdm
CONTENTdm is a digital collection management system and
hosting service.
• DataFlow
DataFlow is a two-stage data management infrastructure that is
designed to allow researchers to work with, annotate, publish,
and permanently store research data.
• DSpace
DSpace is an institutional repository system which enables easy
deposit, preservation, and access for all types of digital content.
• EPrints
EPrints provides digital repository software that is intended to
create a highly configurable web-based repository.
• Fedora
Fedora provides the back-end foundation for digital repository
systems responsible for managing and preserving all types of
digital content.
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Ten leading platforms for online communities
•
source, based on PHP, and a fork of the Mambo project,
Joomla is one of the most widely used content management systems
and community platforms. It includes the usual page posting,
discussion, blogs, polls, etc. Joomla has an extensive community of
its own and the number of 3rd party plug-ins is very extensive, with
over 3,700 currently listed, making it one of the richest community
ecosystems in existence.
•
2. Drupal is one of the darlings of the community world and would
come first on this list for many in the community business. It's a
highly capable, mature, and extremely popular community platform
that includes the usual features as well as a workflow subsystem,
support for OpenID, granular user security, and much more. Drupal is
developed in PHP, is open source, and has several thousand 3rd
party modules available for it as well.
•
3. One of the older CMS/community platforms, PHP-Nuke doesn't
have the flair of the first two on this list but is still one of the most
widely used community applications available. PHP-Nuke is
eponymously named after the language it uses, is open source, and
have several hundred add-ons available for it. Despite being one of
the older and more traditional community platforms, PHP-Nuke
continues to grow marketshare rapidly.
1. Open
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Ten leading platforms for online communities (continued)
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•
•
4. The platform formerly known as PostNuke is now called Zikula and is a fork of
PHP-Nuke 5.0. Rounding out the top four, Zikula is one of the older, more
established offerings. It is also open source and developed in PHP.
5. Microsoft's Sharepoint is the first commercial product to make the list and is also
one of the most mature and popular. Though Sharepoint can be used to develop
collaborative environments that have few community features, the most recent
emphasis and the majority of uses I encounter are for community-style
deployments. With the advent of the Community Kit for Sharepoint which adds
"best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code", the product is now
a capable contender in this space. Sharepoint has very extensive enterprise
penetration and will be on the short list for many organizations given that they
often already own it, though the warning above about "technology first" should
apply.
•
6. The first SaaS community platform to make the list is Lithium, an innovative and
fast-growing solution for customer communities that is seeing broad uptake
according to my metrics. One of the advantages of Lithium is the extensive support
around community developers and managers that it provides. One of the
disadvantages is that it does not have an open source ecosystem so the the
amount of extensions and plug-ins available for Lithium is limited to standard Web
widgets.
•
7. The second .NET plaform (after Sharepoint) and the first open source .NET
community platform on this list, the capable DotNetNuke has been going through
extensive maturation over the last year. Written in VB .NET, DotNetNuke has an
extensive set of 3rd party modules through its Marketplace service, which enables
for-pay modules to be developed and sold, resulting in some high-quality offerings.
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Ten leading platforms for online communities (table continued)
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8. One of the few .NET blog platforms has evolved into a full-blown
community product. Community Server is now aimed squarely at the
enterprise and has been used in very large scale, for example, it is
currently used to operate MySpace's customer forums for over 70 million
users.
•
9. KickApps is a relatively new up-and-comer that is getting wide
distribution in a relatively short time period including major wins with
large public Web sites for ABC and the BBC. KickApps is a SaaS-based
solution like Lithium that is extensively widgetized for maximum
integration flexibility into existing Web sites.
•
10. ClearSpace Community from Jive Software has been getting a lot of
attention lately, particularly with its popularity in the enterprise space.
Over 15% of the Fortune 500 currently use it and while it's highly likely
that the open source products at the top of this list have higher
penetration, Jive has consistently focused strengths in areas where open
source products tend to be weaker, particularly on enterprise issues
around security, integration, and customizability.
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Leading platforms for online communities (continued)
We can see how the technologies and platforms
shaped up in terms of open source and commercial
software as well as software packages vs SaaS.
We're seeing a healthy mixture of options available
for just about any requirements, though the open
source options tend to be richer because of their
extensible nature and the large number of
contributors building plug-ins and add-ons.
• A number of interesting offerings didn't make this
top 10 cut and so we thought it would also be
worthwhile to be aware about the next 15 candidates
since we are likely to see them more often in the
near future. They made the list due to overall
popularity, innovative features, early groundswell, or
a combination thereof:
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Leading platforms for online communities (continued)
11. Mambo - Popular, old school PHP community-platform.
12. Lotus SameTime and Lotus Connections - IBM's answers to community
with many integrated capabilities.
13. OneSite - White label, on-demand social network and community.
14. BoonEx - SaaS community that is extensively widget-based with many
features and capabilities.
15. Crowdvine - Used to power the community for the popular Web 2.0 Expo
conferences, Crowdvine has full community, content management, and
external site integration.
16. Facebook Open Platform - Use the Facebook platform for your community
with the open source version of the platform.
17. Mzinga - A solution designed for industry verticals such as HR and
marketing, Mzinga is seeing strong uptake.
18. Leverage Software
19. HiveLive
20. SocialGo - On-demand SaaS community service.
21. IglooSoftware - A relatively new entry, Igloo is focusing on the enterprise
user with ease-of-use and simplicity as a top feature.
22. GroupSwim
23. SocialCast
24. Tomoye
25. Pinax - Brand new and feature rich. Pinax is getting considerable early
adopter interest. Based on Python, Pinax is open source.
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WordPress (http://wordpress.org/showcase)
Today WordPress is the most popular platform. This is an open-source
software distributed under the GNU GPL. WordPress provides a lot of
features that allow the developer to quickly and easily manage the
contents of the site. These include: simple installation, and publication
through third-party programs and services, support for Atom, RSS,
pingback, trackback; ability to connect additional plug-ins, a huge
selection of many excellent audio/video plug-ins, a huge number of
topics on various subjects to quickly change the UI, built-in capabilities
to support the sites in multiple languages, and many others.
In addition, WordPress includes features such as comments,
trackbacks, blogger profiles and pinging services, making it easy to
use for the analysis of traffic and control the operation of the site.
On the other hand, WordPress is not a «developer-friendly» system. In
addition, certain plugins and WordPress updates have more bugs than
fixes and may compromise your computer. It is therefore necessary to
check the updates for the presence of viruses and read reviews when
upgrading or installing WordPress plugins. Overall, WordPress is an
effective system for any beginner or an experienced user, which makes
it a very versatile CMS.
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WordPress (http://wordpress.org/showcase)
Advantages:
• WordPress is not just received a reputation for being extremely easy to use system. Thanks to the preset templates, you need just a few clicks to deploy a workable website and by connecting multiple plugins required, we will get is a full-fledged CMS. In addition, the user is not required to know HTML to
work with site. It is an ideal platform for beginners.
• Since version 3.0 WordPress provides a very convenient navigation menus that greatly improve the
usability of the site. This menu is easily configured, allowing better adaptation to the specific needs of
the site.
• There are hundreds of free themes that you can use on your website. If desired, you can always get
exclusive themes for an additional fee.
• WordPress combined with special plug-ins making great integration with search engins with SEO. As a
result, your website has a much better chance of getting new visitors through search engines.
• Currently, there are about 13,000 of free plugins available for download. This makes WordPress very
flexible to satisfy very complicated requirements.
Disadvantages:
• Unfortunately, not all changes are carried out within the site on WordPress so simple. For example, if
you need to change or remove the date of posts, then without some additional knowledge it is not
possible.
• Despite the fact that there are many ready-made templates for WordPress, some users will want to
create your own unique patterns, and you cannot do this without knowledge of CSS.
• Versatility WordPress is hidden in the hundreds of available plug-ins. However, setting too many plugins can affect the speed of loading pages. Often there are situations when to achieve the required
functionality you need such a lot number of plugins that it will be rational choose a different platform.
• Frequent updates, which can be classified as disadvantages and advantages to the system. In any
case, all updates are intended to improve the reliability, security, and usability of the system, but
makes inconvenience to the site administrator.
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WordPress (http://codex.wordpress.org/Hosting_WordPress)
Hosting WordPress
• Most hosting providers and personal installations on Unix/Linux systems should
be able to host WordPress under very common configurations.
Server requirements
• WordPress server requirements for Version 3.2:
– PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
– MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater
– (Optional)(Required for MultiSite) Apache mod rewrite module (for clean URIs known
as Permalinks)
Recommended setup
• It is recommended to use a robust platform comprised of the Linux operating
system, and either the Apache web-server or the NGINX web-server. Almost
any server that supports PHP and MySQL will work.
• It is also essential that the host allows remote connections, for many of the
WordPress features to work. If the host blocks outgoing HTTP connections,
many parts of the WordPress will not function.
Hosting providers
• Hosting can be easy implemented to realize a host possibilities that supports the
above. For the hosting suggestions, please use:
• WordPress Recommended Hosts - these hosts support WordPress, in more
ways than one.
• Searching the WordPress support forums for recommendations
• Requirements: PHP 5.2.4 or higher, MySQL 5.0 or higher, Apache or nginx
recommended.
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Conclusions
Taking in account results of comparative analysis,
recommendations of independent experts and (that is
important from practical point of view) existing experience in
similar systems implementation and hosting we propose
the following platforms for future development and
deployment:
 WordPress - http://wordpress.org/
 DSpace - http://www.dspace.org/
 Fedora Commons http://www.fedora.info/
The proposed list is open for other recommendations /
findings. Practical realization of the cultur-exp platform
can require to make necessary adaptation and
combination of the proposed software systems and
solutions.
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GA3. Platform adaptation and implementation –
overview
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Platform adaptation and implementation
The activity includes execution of works to ensure
realization by the selected platform (platforms)
complete set of functionalities specified as output
of GA1 - “Platform requirements definition”.
This requires to estimate and follow:
• Specified criteria
• Possible risks
• Ability to get expected operational solution
• Compatibility/openness for development
• Return of necessary investments
•…
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Implementation
Human Resources
Technical resources
Platform configuration and reconfiguration
Labor expenses, other costs.
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Final decision
The initial prerequisites to make final decision on the
proposed/selected platform adaptation and implementation:
• Availability and analysis of the clear elaborated
requirements to Cultur-exp platform
• Review of proposed/selected platforms to comply with the
elaborated specification of the system
• Recommendations of the project partners and independent
experts
• Examination of case studies of similar cultural platforms
realizations
• Estimation of necessary investments of manpower,
technical resources, qualification of the available personnel.
• Agreement of all (or majority) of partners to contribute to the
proposed/selected platform adaptation, implementation and
development
•…
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System functionalities offered by cultural websites by ‚discipline’
The following content operation functionalities have to be taken in
consideration for the platform adaptation and implementation:
• Performing arts
• Visual arts
• Cultural and architectural heritage
• Literature
• Film
• Music / audio production
• Architecture
• Design / furniture / jewelry etc.
• Cultural creative industries
• "Kulturwirtschaft"
• Culturalpolicy
• Cultural science / research
• Community arts
• Museum/Archives
• Online-Media
• Other art content
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Typical functionality of the cultural content collections
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Information repositories
Photo / video gallery
Podcast / videocast
Forum
Chat
Blog
Wiki
Rating
Online community
Online content ordering / selling / buying
RSS
Newsletter
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Case Studies of European Cultural Websites (CULTUREMAP_final_report_2010_03_23.pdf)
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Name
Country
URL
1
LabforCulture.org - The networking platform for
information on European arts and culture
Netherlands
www.labforculture.org
2
On The Move – The performing arts traveller’s toolkit
Multinational
www.on-the-move.org
3
BJCEM - International Association of the Biennial of
Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean
Multinational
www.bjcem.org
4
European Cultural Foundation (ECF)
Netherlands
www.eurocult.org
5
Europeana
Netherlands
www.europeana.eu
6
Radio station 'Tilos'
Hungary
tilos.hu
7
Readme
Austria
www.readme.cc
8
Roots&Routes
Multinational
www.rootsnroutes.eu
9
Virtueel Platform
Netherlands
virtueelplatform.nl
10
Rhiz.eu
Netherlands
www.rhiz.eu
11
Visegrad Fund
Slovakia
visegradfund.org
12
Res Artis
Netherlands
www.resartis.org
13
Agonia
Romania
www.agonia.ro
14
Sculpture Network
Germany
www.sculpturenetwork.org
15
Online Film
Multinational
www.onlinefilm.org
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16
Frieze
United Kingdom
www.frieze.com
17
BabelMed
Italy
www.babelmed.net
18
Artservis
Slovenia
www.artservis.org
19
Artsactive
Spain
www.artsactive.net
20
RESEO - European Network for Opera and Dance
Education
Multinational
www.reseo.org
21
IETM, international network for contemporary
performing arts
Multinational
www.ietm.org
22
THE BUDAPEST OBSERVATORY – Regional
Observatory on financing culture in East-Central
Europe
Hungary
www.budobs.org
23
Resonance104.4fm
United Kingdom
resonancefm.com
24
A Soul for Europe
Multinational
www.berlinerkonferenz.eu
25
Trans Europe Halles (TEH)
Sweden
www.teh.net
26
MICHAEL Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage
in Europe
Multinational
www.michael-culture.org
27
Futureplaces 2009
Portugal
www.futureplaces.org
28
FutureEverything
United Kingdom
www.futureeverything.org
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Analogous sites in Moldova, example (http://www.fest.md) part 1,
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Analogous sites in Moldova, example (http://www.fest.md)
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Analogous sites in Moldova, example
(http://moldovaholiday.travel) part 2
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Analogous sites in Moldova, example
(http://moldovaholiday.travel)
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Conclusions
Work plan for the GA3 activity – “Platform adaptation
and implementation” has to take in considerations
achievement of the following important objectives:
 to comply with the elaborated requirements to the
system
 to offer expected/specified/requested functionality
 to relay on available Human and Technical resources
 to ensure realization of effective and perspective
solution, compatibility and be open for development
 to have perspectives to return of effectuated
investments
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Thank you for your attention!
RENAM Association
GRENA
http://www.renam.md
http://www.grena.gr
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