OmCollab
Encyclopedia
omCollab is a software product completely built on open source software and is used for collaboration within organisations or on the internet
. It provides a web portal environment to create, share and search Microsoft Office
content, files, shared bookmarks, blog
posts and wiki
articles across the enterprise. omCollab integrates some of the best-known open source software applications into a single environment to meet enterprise requirements for collaboration.
There are also a number of extensions to these components, that can be found on the page of MIKE2.0.
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. It provides a web portal environment to create, share and search Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
content, files, shared bookmarks, blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
posts and wiki
Wiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
articles across the enterprise. omCollab integrates some of the best-known open source software applications into a single environment to meet enterprise requirements for collaboration.
Product Capabilities
omCollab is a composite of a number of different products. The capabilities provided by omCollab include:- A WikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
to collaboratively create and share content, based on MediaWikiMediaWikiMediaWiki is a popular free web-based wiki software application. Developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, it is used to run all of its projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikinews. Numerous other wikis around the world also use it to power their websites...
which powers WikipediaWikipediaWikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
- Blogs to publish individual or group-based information (based on WordpressWordPressWordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1...
- Social BookmarkingSocial bookmarkingSocial bookmarking is a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online. Unlike file sharing, the resources themselves aren't shared, merely bookmarks that reference them....
for storing, sharing and discovering web bookmarks. Released as omBookmarks, a fork of the codebase from Scuttle.
- Social Networking functionality for a collaborative community that is integrated into the other components.
- A ForumInternet forumAn Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
to support discussion groups and frequently asked questions (based on phpBBPhpBBphpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board...
- MashupMashup (digital)A digital mashup usually is in reference to:1. Digital media content containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work...
capabilities to the MIKE2.0 MethodologyMIKE2.0 MethodologyMIKE2.0 is an open source delivery methodology for Enterprise information management. MIKE2.0 was released to the public in December, 2006, by BearingPoint, a management and technology consulting company, under the Creative Commons Attribution License...
to build integrated solutions based on open content.
- SearchSearch engine technologyModern web search engines are complex software systems using the technology that has evolved over the years. There are several categories of search engine software: Web search engines , database or structured data search engines , and mixed search engines or enterprise search...
for users to discover content across federated repositories.
- A Rich User Interface with advanced navigational components, an integrated skin and single sign on to provide common look and feel across the platform.
There are also a number of extensions to these components, that can be found on the page of MIKE2.0.