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OpenDocManisanopensourcedocumentmanagementsystem,alsoknownasanopensourceDMS,written
inPHPanditrunsinsideanypopularwebserver.Herearesomeofthekeyfeaturesofthedocument
managementsoftware:

Server
RunsinsideanyPHP5enabledwebserver(Apache2,IIS,etc.)
MySQL5
Runsonallmodernoperatingsystems:Linux,Unix,MacOsX,Windows2000,WindowsXP,
Windows2003,WindowsVista,Windows7
Verylightweightandeasytoinstall
Automaticinstallerandupdater
Allfilesarestoredlocallyonthewebserverforeasybackup
100%WebBasedInterface:NoFTPrequired.Uploadfilesdirectlyfromyourwebbrowser.

Documents
UnlimitedFileTypes:Addanyfiletypetothesystem
Metadatafieldsforeachfile
Assignadepartment/categorytoeachfile
Checkoutfeaturetopreventoverwritingofedits
Revisionhistory
Documentsarestoredphysicallyontheserver
Fileexpiration
Createcustomdocumentpropertiestomatchyourcompaniesneeds
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Workflow
Automateddocumentreviewprocess
Automatedfileexpirationprocess
Reviewercanapproveorrejectanewdocumentorachangeddocument
Emailnotificationoptionspriortoandafterareview

Search
Quickbrowsesearchbyauthor,department,orcategory
Fullsearchbymetadata,author,department,category,filename,comments,etc.
Noexternalindexingprocessesrequired

Security
SecureURLfeaturetoobfuscateURLparameters
Finegraineduseraccesscontrolforeachfile
Departmentalaccesscontrolforeachfile
Threeusertypes:User,Admin,andSuperAdmin
Controlthesizelimitoffilesindependentof
higherserverlimits

MultipleLanguageSupport
Chinese
Croatian
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Turkish

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30ResponsestoOpenSourceDMSFeatures
1.madymussaApril14,2011at4:21am#
Translationtoportugese
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StephenLawrenceApril14,2011at9:14am#
IfyouwouldliketoprovideaPortuguesetranslationthatwouldbegreat.
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2.coniferMay4,2011at2:03am#
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canworkflowdoapprovalprocessasparrallel(notsinglepersonauthorizationgotapproval)
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StephenLawrenceMay4,2011at7:10am#
Itisfirstcomefirstserverforapprovers.
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3.JayJuly18,2011at1:40pm#
Anewsfeedfeaturewouldbeawesome.Allowingmetopostnewstomyemployees.Thiswouldthen
beevenbetterifIcouldhaveachoicetopostitdoindividualdepartmentsoreveryone!
Anexamplecouldbetotellthefinanceteamtheyaredoinganamazingjob!Andthenpostanews
feedtothedeveloperstellingthemtopulluptheirsocksandgetamoveon! Meanwhileposting
anotherfeedtothewholecompanytoinformeveryoneonthedaily/weeklysuccessesandfailures!
Thisfeaturewouldbeamazing!!!
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4.JimPennellJuly25,2011at2:52pm#
SettheSystemtouseSSLforuserconnectionstoaddsecurity.IsthataseparateWebServersetting?
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5.madymussaAugust1,2011at11:52pm#
Howlongwehavetowaitnothenextfinalversion?
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6.HindartoNovember30,2011at8:48pm#
IhadtrytheOpendocman,butistillconfusedabout
Howtomakeanotherusertocheckinourdocumentthatweupload?
Howtosetexpirationdocument?idontseethefigureonthemenu
Thanks
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7.KarlDecember1,2011at1:30am#
IllhelpyouwithaSwedishtranslationassoonasigetmyaccountapproved
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8.JamesJanuary17,2012at8:38am#
Thisprogramlooksgreat,butIhaveaquestion.Isitpossibletoloadmorethanonefileatatime?
Loadthewholefolderatonce?
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9.IBPITApril30,2013at10:15am#
DoesitOCRthedatainadocument?WearelookingforonethatwillOCRandindexthedocuments.
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DMSAdministratorMay16,2013at4:57am#
OCRisnotsupported.ODMrequiresthefilestobeonyoucomputeralready.
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10.MichelCOLLETAugust22,2013at9:01am#
DoesOpenDocMansupport:
a)optionalsyncingofdocumentsbetweenthedocumentscreatorandtheserver?
b)optionalobfuscationofdocumentstousersthatdonthavepermissiontoaccess.
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11.TBRLOctober7,2013at5:25am#
Hello,
WhatdoesAllfilesarestoredlocallyonthewebserverforeasybackupmean?doesitmean,wecan
accessourdocumentsonOpenDocmanwhenthereisnointernetconnection?
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StephenLawrenceOctober7,2013at10:54am#
ThismeansthefilesyouuploadintotheDMSarephysicallystoredontheserverfilesystem,not
storedinsideadatabasetable.Soyoucouldbackupthephysicallyfilesthemselvesifyouneeded
towithouthavingtopullthemoutofadatabase.
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12.lalithOctober8,2013at11:16pm#
Whatarethedifferencesbetweenfreeversionandpaidversion.?
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StephenLawrenceOctober9,2013at8:33am#
Freeversiondoesnotincludeanysupportorhosting.
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13.BoladeOlajohnDecember11,2013at6:47am#
IsthisanenterpriseDMS?Doesitsupportelectronicsignature?Thanks
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StephenLawrenceDecember11,2013at7:48am#
Iwouldnotconsiderthistobeanenterprisesolutioncurrently,butmoregearedtowardssmall
andmediumbusinesses.
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14.jeffJanuary17,2014at10:27pm#
hi.
Iamtryingtotestopendocmantomanageourcompanysdocumentsmanagement.WhenIuploada
file.thesystemgiveanerror:mime:cdfv2document,corrupt:cantexpandsummary_infofailed,so
Icheckedthemimetypesettingsandthemimetypewasincluded.howcaniresovlethisproplem?
whenIcheckthecodesinadd.php,IfoundFILE:mime.,canIusemime_content_typeinstead
oftheoldcodes?
Thankyou.
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StephenLawrenceJanuary18,2014at8:59am#
Iwouldsayswitcharoundthemimetypechecksandseewhichoneworksforyou.Letme
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know.
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15.felixFebruary17,2014at8:54am#
isitpossibletosearchfortextinsidepdfdocuments?
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StephenLawrenceFebruary17,2014at1:50pm#
Notcurrently.Onlymetadataissearchable.
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16.BFMarch4,2014at10:30pm#
WearecurrentlysellingLaserficheandarealsolookingforafunctionalrichcosteffectivealternative
solution.Howrobustisopendocmansworkflowcanbecodecustomactivitiesinworkflowis
thereanOCRenginecanwesearchusingcontenttextcanthissolutionbearabised
Stephen..ucancontactmethroughmailandthenwewilltakethediscussionforward.
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StephenLawrenceOctober19,2014at8:07am#
Workflowisfixed,noocr,nocontentsearch.
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17.BenjAugust5,2014at10:44pm#
doesthisDMssupportextractingmetadatafromimagessuchasEXIF/XMPPdatafromjpegs?doesit
alsosupportbulkuploadingorimportingfilesalreadyintheserver?
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StephenLawrenceAugust6,2014at7:07pm#
Itdoesnotsupportanyfileprocessing,althoughyoucouldwriteaplugintoperformtasks
needed.Bulkuploadingishandledw/shiftclickduringthefileselectionpopup(Notworking
forInternetExplorer).
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18.IanOngAugust17,2014at10:35pm#
CanIcontrolthataspecificgroupofemployeesareallowedtoviewadocumentonlybutnotallowed
toprint,copyorforwardedtoanotherparty?Pleaseadvise.
Thanks.
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StephenLawrenceAugust18,2014at8:45pm#
YoucannotpreventauserwithReadpermissionsfromprintingadocument,etc..Itsoundslike
youarelookingforadigitalrightsmanagementsystem.Thissystemisreallyjusttoensurethat
youhaveacentralizedlocationformasterdocuments.Also,ifthereweresomesortofview
inbrowseronlyfeature(whichthereisnot),peoplecouldstilltakescreenshots.
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19.DominicSeptember3,2014at12:47am#
HowcanIconvertallthedocumentsintoasinglemasterdocumentinordertoprintwhichisrequired
fortheISOcertificationprocess.
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