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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Steve [Gentoo] wrote: |
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> Alfresco is what I'd have called a content management system - as |
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> opposed to a document management system. I'm interested in managing |
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> archives of documents I have received from other people (in dead-tree |
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> format)... |
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If there was something that scanned the document, performed OCR on it, |
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checked the OCR output and then built an electronic repository for you I'd |
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recommend it. Until then, Alfresco is the closest thing Ive seen that is |
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open source. If you're willing to do your own scanning and OCR'ing then it |
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will do the rest. |
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BTW, I would call things like Mambo or Xaraya, content-management tools - |
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Alfresco is a slightly different kettle of fish. |
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