[Zope-CMF] CMF for intranets?

[Meilicke, Scott]

We are now deciding on a technology for our Intranet.  If we decide on zope,
we more than likely will use the CMF, and if DocumentLibrary is CMFed, it
will be that much easier to get it up and running.  In my case, our
programmers like tidy packages, and may not be thrilled to scour for
documentation.  So, they will probably want some sort of official
instruction in zope.  Kaivo of course comes to mind.  

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Edwards [mailto:jon@pcgs.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:23 AM
To: cduncan@kaivo.com
Cc: Zope-Cmf
Subject: RE: [Zope-CMF] CMF for intranets?


Casey's reply to my plea to "CMF-ise" DocumentLibrary is below (forwarded
with permission)

Anyone else who would like to see Kaivo's DocumentLibrary CMF-ised?

Please send cheques to the "Let's Bribe Casey Fund" c/o my Swiss bank
account. I'll forward them on, honest!  ;-)

IMHO, DocumentLibrary would be a great addition to the CMF stable, specially
for all the people planning to use CMF for intranets, as discussed last
week. But what's in it for Casey/Kaivo? Actually, what's the motivation for
anyone to CMF-ise their existing Zope product?

Here's a few benefits I thought of. If anyone comes up with any more, please
CC Casey, as he is not subscribed to this list.... yet! ;-)

(Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!)

1. There's a growing user-base for CMF. From some of the conversations last
week it looks like there's a market for CMF in SMEs who perhaps wouldn't use
Zope on its own, but *would* use CMF to get a quick, effective intranet
solution, without having to dive into the complexities of Zope straight
away. DocumentLibrary would be a natural for these applications... and Kaivo
could sell lots of "CMF-in-a-day" training courses! :-)

2. DocumentLibrary already uses DublinCore, topics, subject/metadata
hierarchy, and a submit/review/publish workflow. So does CMF. CMF-ising
DoucumentLibrary would mean that all the other objects that CMF already
handles (articles, links, news-items, and soon RSS feeds and emails) would
be accessible to DocumentLibrary, widening its scope and perhaps moving it
towards being even more of a "knowledge-base" application? It would also
allow it to use add-ons like the DCWorkflow product, and fledgling workgroup
stuff to tailor it better for individual organisations (who, of course, will
need more Kaivo training courses ;-)

3. Some of the work has already been done? I think Seb has already produced
functionality to get Word and Excel documents (and browser
Favorites/Bookmarks) into CMF?

The defence rests, your honour!

BTW I hope this doesn't sound like one of those "I want Zope to do xyz, and
I want someone to do it for me" emails! I would be happy to help out anyway
I can, if you decide to give it a go, Casey!  :-)

Anyone else have any thoughts?

Cheers, Jon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cduncan@kaivo.com [mailto:cduncan@kaivo.com]
>
> Jon Edwards wrote:
> >
> > Casey, does the same logic apply if I ask you to "CMF-ise"
> DocumentLibrary?
> > ;-)
> >
>
> I'm afraid that I have to "CMF-ise" myself first, which I am presently
> not incredibly motivated to do. However, bribery has been known to
> enhance my motivation 8^)
>
> --
> | Casey Duncan
> | Kaivo, Inc.
> | cduncan@kaivo.com
> `------------------>
>


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