Agorum core

Agorum core (own spelling agorum core) is a free open source document management system of the agorum Software GmbH in Ostfildern. The system is a flexible, OS-independent Open Source Dokumentenmanagement-System/Enterprise content management system (DMS / ECM). It includes features to manage electronic documents to make to find and to make available, as well as to documents filed systematically and audit-proof archiving. But even features for control and optimization of workflows and business processes are core components of the document management system.

  • 3.1 Protocols and Interfaces
  • 3.2 Search
  • 3.3 Administration
  • 3.4 integration

Past and present

Developer and manufacturer of document management solution is the agorum Software GmbH with headquarters in Ostfildern / Nellingen, near the airport and the Messe Stuttgart. Founded in 1998 Software companies operating at the beginning of a trading platform on the internet. In parallel, the company has developed, from the turn of the millennium, the Dokumentenmanagement-/Enterprise content management system (DMS / ECM) agorum core. This was marketed as a proprietary closed source product by the end of 2007, and finally disclosed the following year. Since then the DMS / ECM is under the General Public License (GPL) Version 2 available as free software.

Availability

The DMS is provided both as free and open as well as licensed Pro version. Sold it by the manufacturer as well as a sales network of over 50 partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH) and Liechtenstein. In addition agorum core is within the scope of technical cooperation in third-party software solutions such as ERP or CRM systems, integrated. In addition, it represents the DMS component in the software stack, the Open Source Business Alliance and is offered as part of the German cloud as a "Software as a Service" (SaaS).

Target group

The customers of agorum Software GmbH include small to large sized companies from all sectors of the economy. In addition, the public institutions and authorities a document management system.

Technical Details

The DMS agorum core is an OS independent Java (EJB ) application. The server part runs on most popular Linux and Windows systems. From the client 's point of view can not install a program and is required to access many common protocols are supported, including:

  • CIFS
  • WebDAV
  • HTTP / HTTPs to the Web Portal
  • IMAP / SMTP for mail clients
  • RSS feeds for messages

Optionally, there is a Windows client that integrates the functions of document management system directly into the operating system. The DMS consists of various open source components. So when you install the MySQL ( InnoDB ) or the PostgreSQL database is supplied as optional. agorum core support in its commercial version and MS SQL and Oracle Database. The system itself is based on Java-/EJB-Technologie, why is included as an EJB application server wildfly. In addition to the search engine and search indexing Lucene and OpenOffice.org uses, Jasper / iReport serves as an integrated reporting system and JBoss jBPM was integrated as workflow.

Functions

Essential functions of the DMS solution serve to organize electronic content as well as documents ( revision- ) safely store and archive. In addition, include applications to automate workflows and business processes and to direct documents through the company, to the features. In addition agorum core supports the user in the systematic search for and find content and reduces human error during deployment of digital content.

Overview

Protocols and interfaces

  • CIFS / SMB (DMS drive)
  • RSS Feeds
  • SOAP / REST Web Services
  • FTP
  • XML
  • IMAP4
  • SMTP
  • HTTP / HTTPS (web portal)
  • WebDAV
  • CMIS
  • Windows Client Integration
  • SSL encryption

Search

  • Similarity search
  • Wildcard-Search
  • Full text search
  • Attribute search
  • Numerical search
  • Combination ( Boolean )
  • Text Filter
  • Automatic indexing
  • E -mail, including attachments, indexing
  • Ablageort-/Pfadsuche Full-Text Index

Administration

  • ADS ( Active Directory) - Synchronization (optional )
  • LDAP - synchronization (optional )
  • ACL rights system
  • User
  • Groups
  • Reports
  • Central configuration database

Integration

An important goal of the open source strategy agorum core is the integration of other open source components. For the following projects exist appropriate plug -ins and interfaces:

  • Liferay Portal
  • Typo3 CMS
  • Joomla! CMS
  • SugarCRM
  • Helium V ERP
  • Open-Xchange
  • Open - CMIS

In addition to proprietary software interfaces exist:

  • SAP
  • Reddoxx
  • Microsoft Outlook

Add-on modules

  • Workflow - edit documents and control of business processes within the company ( eg distribute daily mail, workflow, sales, and accounting).
  • DocForm - automatic capture of data (using a graphical coach ), data control, store directly and start extensive ( episode) workflows.
  • DocForm Extended - read without OCR software meta information.
  • DocForm position - automatic invoice items and easy to read, collect and process further
  • Can be captured metadata with data in the DMS or other data sources to verify and validate - Verify
  • Search highlighting - data and locate information by colored markings of the search terms.
  • Sync - does the job across multiple sites possible by the edited content is synchronized and merged centrally on a server.
  • Agorum2go - allows go offline to use the DMS via notebooks.
  • Admin Sync - transmitted in the company's existing user and authorization management systems on the DMS ( such as AD or LDAP).
  • Connect file systems (eg ERP, CRM programs ) with the DMS and make information available (eg searchable ) - FileAdaptor.
  • MailAdaptor - link existing e -mail server and e-mails automatically place the desired location in the DMS and archive.
  • OCR server - with the OCR software, texts from image data scan, detect as metadata, index, and make them searchable in the DMS.
  • Preview - view and edit documents on the preview function.
  • Preview Thumbnail - Documents checked rapidly by means of a minimized preview image.
  • Metadata Designer - Meta adapted to the document can automatically capture and make accessible via the full text search.
  • DataRep - fully comprehensive backup of all the contents of the DMS in quasi real time.
  • Data Room - secure business-to -business provide documents via a browser for reading, downloading or editing.
  • Store and search assistant - make it easy filing locations for documents by filing criteria, file content faster and make them searchable.
  • Storage - transfer data and documents selectively to different storage media and cost-effectively store
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