Content management ecosystem
A Content management ecosystem is a constellation of content management systems weakly linked together by shared purposes, contributors, and materials. There are synchronization, language, format, and communication issues to overcome across collections of CM platforms.
History
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The Content Management Ecosystem model originated from the PhD research of OLPC volunteer Todd Kelsey, who at the time of writing has been exploring how various open source content management systems and related tools could be used to help support scalable, accessible and sustainable community websites.
OLPC
As of late Nov of 2007, there is discussion about how OLPC initiatives can be explored through a combination of such systems; and how to make changes in existing communities in the CME transparent across other communities.
Forums
- scripted gateways: mail-to-forum, forum-to-news?, forum-to-wiki
- forum platforms with large userbases : phpbb, et al.
Wikis
Currently, there are a public and team wiki about OLPC, related projects on en:wp, wikieducator, wikibooks/wikijunior, and more.
Identity
The use of tools such as OpenID to unify identity processes among many different sites allows for users to have just one username and confirmation process for many sites.
Languages
Localization and the capacity for same, including Unicode support and font support for rtl languages, is important to maintain cross all platforms.
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