From: Karol P. <ka...@ri...> - 2006-06-15 23:31:03
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Thanks for the quick response, mose! I'm thrilled to see that Tiki CMS has so much functionality. I just have a= =20 few more questions, if you would not mind answering. On Thursday 15 June 2006 19:04, mose wrote: > le Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 04:31:24PM -0400 par Karol Pietrzak : > > Hello everyone. > > =C2=A0 > > I have no experience with content management systems, so I would be > > eternally grateful if someone could provide me with some insight if Tiki > > CMS/Groupware will meet my needs. > > =C2=A0 > > I'm working on developing a web-based CMS for a science-related > > department at my university. The idea is that professors would be able = to > > submit all types of data on there, such as master's theses, science > > articles, and software.=20 > > =C2=A0Here's a few use cases: > > =C2=A01. Professor submits a link to a great Science Magazine they read= over > > the weekend about gene splicing. > > - in the links directory I suppose, or in articles, using the review > model.=C2=A0=C2=A0 > > > =C2=A02. Graduate student submits their Master's thesis on gene splicin= g. > > - probably as wiki pages, using the structures for building it up > properly. Hmm... most Master's theses would probably be PDF files, so I'm thinking th= e=20 "file galleries" would be the key. With proper metadata, of course. > > =C2=A03. Another Professor finds a great piece of software that helps w= ith > > modeling gene splicing. > > - depending the need of metadata for software description, it can be > in file galleries or in trackers. Yes, I completely understand. Proper metadata would be crucial for softwar= e. > > =C2=A04. A random student comes in, searches for "gene splicing" in the= CMS, > > and the CMS comes back with the link to the Science Magazine article, t= he > > grad student's Master's thesis, and that gene splicing piece of softwar= e. > > - well, the search engine bundled in tikiwiki searches in all types of > objects (articles, wiki pages, file in galleries, trackers, etc), then you > can have such a transversal search natively. > > > The system would also catch duplicates, so that all five Professor's > > wouldn't be able to post the same Science article. Is this possible? > > Would Tiki CMS/Groupware be good for this? Like I said, any feedback > > would be greatly appreciated. > > - about duplicate, it's not very easy, there is nothing really ready > for managing unicity of objects in tikiwiki (beyond the unicity of > wiki page names). The best way to work this around would be to add the > search engine in the process of accessing the addition of new item, > which requires some coding (but can be valuable for many other > tikiwiki users). Yes, I figured something like a "duplication detection engine" would requir= e=20 some coding, and I'm ready and willing to do so. And I'll probably open=20 source the patch, with my college department's permission. Actually, I was thinking about exactly what you describe. During the proce= ss=20 of adding a new article, the search engine would seek out similar articles= =20 and ask, "I found an article with an almost duplicate name (Progress in Gen= e=20 Splicing). Are you sure you want to submit this article?" Some Bugzilla set ups do this already. I might be able to grab some code=20 even. ;) So, it _is_ possible to "hook" into Tiki this way and add a submission=20 configuration step? Thank you for your time, mose, and I eagerly await any other replies. =2D-=20 Karl Pietrzak ka...@ri... |