Does Alfresco support these features ?

[kvramalingeswar]

1. Content Creation (Acquisition, Aggregation, Authoring)
• Acquisition
  ◦ Native support for filetypes
  ◦ Multiple file transfers (FTP, site import)
  ◦ Migration Tools (from another CMS)
  ◦ Conversion tools (e.g.,Word to XML "chunks")
  ◦ Rights management
  ◦ Workgroup management
  ◦ Facilities management
  ◦ Mandatory metadata tagging (force structure and semantics)
  ◦ RDF ontology support (e.g., Dublin Core)

• Aggregation
  ◦ Incoming syndication feeds
  ◦ Metadata management (read incoming metadata)
  ◦ Integrated Web Services (e.g., currency conversion)
  ◦ UDDI tools

• Authoring (Editing, Templating, Tagging Tools)
  ◦ Content Element Editors (Naive and Power Users)
   ■ WYSIWYG Through-The-Web Editor
   ■ Source Editor
   ■ Structured Fields Editor
   ■ XML Editor
   ■ Spell checker
   ■ Content objects use templates
   ■ Media asset repository (images, sounds, Flash, video, etc.)

  ◦ Template Editor
   ■ WYSIWYG Through-The-Web
   ■ Template Gallery
   ■ XML Editor

  ◦ Tag Editor (semantics and style)
   ■ Drop-down menus of all tags
   ■ Metadata Thesaurus
   ■ Taxonomies/Ontologies online

  ◦ Help online
   ■ Context-sensitive help
   ■ Documentation

2. Content Management Proper (Workflow, Editing, Approvals, Staging, Repository, etc.)
• Workflow
  ◦ Access Permission Levels (Privilege granularity)
   ■ Number of levels
   ■ Per User, Per Folder, Per Role, Per file, Per Content Element
   ■ Flexible assignments to workflow
   ■ Creator automatic owner of content
   ■ User subscription to workflow
   ■ LDAP Support

  ◦ Check In/Check Out
   ■ Open page on web (Edit this page)
   ■ Automatic file lock on open
   ■ Conflict Resolution (who has it?)
   ■ Instant Messaging (email, phones)
   ■ Merge Tools, Diff Tools

  ◦ View/Download
   ■ Download as PDF

  ◦ Workflow Messaging
   ■ Email notifications (links to work)
   ■ Status (stage in workflow)
   ■ Comments at each stage
   ■ Audit trail (workflow log)
 
  ◦ Arbitrary Roles (Writers, Editors, Graphic Artists, Rights Managers, Publishers, etc.)

• Versioning
  ◦ Scheduling, Expiration
  ◦ All elements, templates date/time stamped
  ◦ Archive with rollback (per file or site?)

• Personalization
  ◦ Identity Management
  ◦ Relationship Management (History)
  ◦ Actions tracking
  ◦ Session/Click/Behavior analysis

• Localization
  ◦ Multilingual server
   ■ Respond to browser language requests
   ■ Gist translation option
 
  ◦ Workflow
   ■ Automatic notifications
   ■ Quality checkers

  ◦ UI multilingual

• Reporting
  ◦ Chrono workflow and by worker
  ◦ WebTrends-style for whole site
  ◦ Specific monitors
  ◦ Performance (page delivery times)

• Storage
  ◦ Format (text, HTML, XML)
  ◦ Database only
  ◦ Files
  ◦ Files and database

• Backup
  ◦ Onsite and offsite
  ◦ Files and database
  ◦ To nonvolatile media
  ◦ Disaster recovery plan

• Security
  ◦ Firewall rules
  ◦ Encrypted sessions

• Staging Server for QA
  ◦ Testing methodology
  ◦ Replicates publishing environment

3. Content Delivery (Live Server, Publishing, Syndication)

• Publishing (Delivery)
  ◦ Separate Delivery from Creation/Staging/Testing
   ■ Use different server platform?
   ■ Replication
   ■ Synchronization of mirror sites

  ◦ Multi-channel Publishing to different clients
   ■ PDAs
   ■ Cell phones
   ■ Handicap accessibility

• Syndication
  ◦ RDF and RSS Syndicated News Feeds
  ◦ Web services
4. Lifecycle enhancements (Apply to all three stages above)

• Security
  ◦ Audit Trails
  ◦ Users
  ◦ System
  ◦ Network

• Business Rules
  ◦ Records Policy
  ◦ Privacy Policy

• Integration
  ◦ Single Source Of Truth (Single Sign On, Single Authentication)
  ◦ Enterprise portal
  ◦ Legacy database reuse
  ◦ Data warehousing

• Metadata management
  ◦ Digital rights management
  ◦ Business process management

• Associations
  ◦ Hierarchy, taxonomy
  ◦ Index
  ◦ Cross reference

• Analysis
  ◦ Analytic tools
  ◦ Pattern recognition

• Search and Locate

Pls let me know whether alfresco support these features

[mrogers]

Here's my best guess.  Although I suggest you research the documentation before posting such a wide ranging and vague set of questions.

1. Content Creation (Acquisition, Aggregation, Authoring)
• Acquisition
What does that mean
◦ Native support for filetypes
Yes
◦ Multiple file transfers (FTP, site import)
Yes
◦ Migration Tools (from another CMS)
External tools are available or just use one of the filesystem protocols.
◦ Conversion tools (e.g.,Word to XML "chunks")
Probably, but what are XML "chunks".
◦ Rights management
Yes
◦ Workgroup management
Yes
◦ Facilities management
What's that?
◦ Mandatory metadata tagging (force structure and semantics)
Yes
◦ RDF ontology support (e.g., Dublin Core)
Yes, Dublin Core is provided as a sample.

• Aggregation
Yes
◦ Incoming syndication feeds
RSS feeds are supported is that what you mean?

◦ Metadata management (read incoming metadata)
Yes
◦ Integrated Web Services (e.g., currency conversion)
Not sure what you mean here.
◦ UDDI tools
Yes.

This lot may be N/A …  In general you would use a third party tool.
• Authoring (Editing, Templating, Tagging Tools)
◦ Content Element Editors (Naive and Power Users)
■ WYSIWYG Through-The-Web Editor
Yes for some content types.
■ Source Editor
Yes.
■ Structured Fields Editor
Yes
■ XML Editor
■ Spell checker
■ Content objects use templates
■ Media asset repository (images, sounds, Flash, video, etc.)

◦ Template Editor
■ WYSIWYG Through-The-Web
■ Template Gallery
■ XML Editor

◦ Tag Editor (semantics and style)
■ Drop-down menus of all tags
■ Metadata Thesaurus
■ Taxonomies/Ontologies online

◦ Help online
■ Context-sensitive help
Some
■ Documentation
Yes

2. Content Management Proper (Workflow, Editing, Approvals, Staging, Repository, etc.)
• Workflow
◦ Access Permission Levels (Privilege granularity)
Yes
■ Number of levels
Yes
■ Per User, Per Folder, Per Role, Per file, Per Content Element
Yes, except Content Element
■ Flexible assignments to workflow
Yes
■ Creator automatic owner of content
Yes
■ User subscription to workflow
Yes
■ LDAP Support
Yes
◦ Check In/Check Out
■ Open page on web (Edit this page)
Yes
■ Automatic file lock on open
Yes
■ Conflict Resolution (who has it?)
Some support, in general alfresco tries to prevent the need in the first place.
■ Instant Messaging (email, phones)
Yes
■ Merge Tools, Diff Tools
Use third party tools.

◦ View/Download
■ Download as PDF
Yes

◦ Workflow Messaging
■ Email notifications (links to work)
Yes
■ Status (stage in workflow)
Yes
■ Comments at each stage
User workflow dependent.
■ Audit trail (workflow log)
Worlflow dependent.

◦ Arbitrary Roles (Writers, Editors, Graphic Artists, Rights Managers, Publishers, etc.)
Yes.

• Versioning
◦ Scheduling, Expiration
Yes.
◦ All elements, templates date/time stamped
Yes of you want it.
◦ Archive with rollback (per file or site?)
Yes

• Personalization
Yes
◦ Identity Management
Yes
◦ Relationship Management (History)
Yes
◦ Actions tracking
Can be done through Audit,
◦ Session/Click/Behavior analysis
No - except for through Audit.

• Localization
Yes
◦ Multilingual server
Yes
■ Respond to browser language requests
Yes
■ Gist translation option
Sorry, don't know what that is…

◦ Workflow
■ Automatic notifications
Yes
■ Quality checkers
What do you mean

◦ UI multilingual
Yes
• Reporting
Third party
◦ Chrono workflow and by worker
Yes
◦ WebTrends-style for whole site
No
◦ Specific monitors
No
◦ Performance (page delivery times)
Third party tools

• Storage
◦ Format (text, HTML, XML)
◦ Database only
Its possible, however
◦ Files
◦ Files and database
Yes
• Backup
Yes
◦ Onsite and offsite
That's up to you
◦ Files and database
See above
◦ To nonvolatile media
That's up to you.
◦ Disaster recovery plan
That's your responsibility

• Security
◦ Firewall rules
Yes
◦ Encrypted sessions
Yes
• Staging Server for QA
If you want
◦ Testing methodology
What do you mean
◦ Replicates publishing environment
Yes

3. Content Delivery (Live Server, Publishing, Syndication)

• Publishing (Delivery)
◦ Separate Delivery from Creation/Staging/Testing
■ Use different server platform?
Yes
■ Replication
Yes
■ Synchronization of mirror sites
Yes

◦ Multi-channel Publishing to different clients
■ PDAs
Yes
■ Cell phones
Yes
■ Handicap accessibility
Yes - some

• Syndication
◦ RDF and RSS Syndicated News Feeds
Yes
◦ Web services
Yes

4. Lifecycle enhancements (Apply to all three stages above)

What do you mean ?
• Security
◦ Audit Trails
◦ Users
◦ System
◦ Network

• Business Rules
◦ Records Policy
◦ Privacy Policy

• Integration
◦ Single Source Of Truth (Single Sign On, Single Authentication)
◦ Enterprise portal
◦ Legacy database reuse
◦ Data warehousing

• Metadata management
Yes
◦ Digital rights management
No.  Although you could use a third party solution
◦ Business process management
Yes

• Associations
Yes
◦ Hierarchy, taxonomy
Yes
◦ Index
Yes
◦ Cross reference
Yes

• Analysis
What do you mean?
◦ Analytic tools
What do you mean?
◦ Pattern recognition
Yes

• Search and Locate
Yes

[mikeh]

It's a common "CMS Feature" list that does the rounds. Potential source: http://www.cmsreview.com/Features/Lists.html

To kvramalingeswararao: I suggest you look at the real requirements your potential customer has rather than taking such a generic list for product comparison.

Mike