Bug#177605: RFP: zope-silva -- Zope based publication management system
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-01-20
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : zope-silva
Version : 0.9.0.3
Upstream Author : Martijn Faassen <faassen{at}infrae{dot}com>
* URL : <http://www.zope.org/Members/faassen/Silva>
* License : Other, see <http://www.zope.org/Members/faassen/Silva/LICENSE.txt>
Description : Zope publication system for creating publications for the web, paper and other media
Silva is a completely browser based publication system for creating
publications for the web, paper, and other media. Content is stored
in a clean and future-proof format, independent of layout and
presentation, suitable for use in multiple contexts. Silva allows
novice users to enter new documents as well as edit existing documents
using a simple web interface.
Behind the scenes, Silva stores content in XML (Extensible Markup
Language). This leads to several important advantages:
· The same content can be used in different media, such as the
web, paper, or word processor content. Web publication of
content is native to Silva as it is based on Zope, but Silva
also has export filters to PDF and MS Word, and more can be
built when the demand arises.
· The content is future proofed and not out of date as soon as
you want to use a new system or present it in a different way.
· The structuring of the content facilitates more sophisticated
searching and indexing.
Silva supports (but does not require) a separation between authors who
can create new content and editors who can approve whether content
actually gets published. It also allows delegation of editing or
authoring responsibilities of a section of the publication to others.
Thus, users can be empowered (avoiding a single-person bottleneck),
without the loss of editorial control.
To assist in the publication process, Silva implements workflow where
multiple versions of the same document are kept around at the same time.
One version of a particular document may be published while another
version can be edited at the same time.
Silva is extensible with new document types and other types of content
objects.
See also <http://www.infrae.com/products/silva/>.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux hq 2.4.18 #6 Sun Oct 27 11:09:10 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=da_DK
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