In case you missed this on Planetizen, Abhijeet has posted his presentation and proceedings paper, Developing an Open Source Content Management Strategy For E-Government from his presentation at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 42nd annual conference.
In case you missed this on Planetizen, Abhijeet has posted his presentation and proceedings paper, Developing an Open Source Content Management Strategy For E-Government from his presentation at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 42nd annual conference.
Abhijeet writes:
"A Web Content Management System (CMS) can ease the management of complex e-government websites. This paper showcases five approaches to web content management and discusses the benefits of open source content management software for e-government. The tools and guidelines presented will help web developers, information technology staff, and managers develop a CMS strategy and choose appropriate software for running e-government websites."
It's a particularly useful overview of five prominent, open-source CMSes: Mambo, Drupal, WordPress (what we use here at Planetizen to run this blog), Moodle (a learning management system as much as a CMS), wikis, and Plone.
Yes -- the names are sometimes funny, but the functionality these products offer is quite serious:
"Several OSS projects have matured into sophisticated CMSes. In this time of
increasing expectations and tight budgets, e-government websites can benefit
from the flexibility and freedom of open source content management systems."
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