XWiki, the collaborative CMS

Preview:

DESCRIPTION

During CMSday, we tried to show how XWiki differs from traditional CMS and what its advantages are in different contexts.

Citation preview

XWiki, the collaborative CMS

Or « When the wiki becomes a CMS »

GuillaumeLEROUGE

Clients Team Manager

XWiki SAS

@glerouge

www.xwiki.com

WHAT IS A COLLABORATIVE CMS?

First of all, a CMS

Traditional CMS

Collaborative CMS

Traditional CMS

● Workflow● Simplified page edition● Hyperlinks● Search engine● Simplified administration and editing interfaces

Collaborative CMS

● Collaborative features, by default● Comments and Annotations● Single interface to view and edit pages● Page creation and WYSIWYG editor

● Fine rights management● History and versioning● Possibility to organize information

XWiki

Interface to create pages/spaces

WYSIWYG editor

XWiki

Rights management

Modifications history and versioning

XWiki

Annotations

Comments

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A CMS AND A COLLABORATIVE CMS?

The differences

3 types differences:● Content management● Sponsors in the entreprise● Companies' structure

The Wiki Principle

Rights management

● In XWiki: open rights, a priori

=> A lot of contributors and a lot of lurkers

● In a CMS: vertical organization

=> A little number of contributors and a lot of lurkers

Sponsors in the entreprise

XWiki:

• CIO

• Business users

• Project manager

CMS:

• Communication department

• Human resources

Companies structure

XWiki:

• Transversal hierarchy

• Flat hierarchy

CMS:

• Rigid hierarchy

• Transversal hierarchy

WHAT ARE THE USES OF A COLLABORATIVE CMS ?

Traditional CMS: the uses

• Website

• Corporate site

• E-commerce website

• Portfolio

• Blog

Advanced uses of CMS

• Online knowledge bases

• Online resources bases

• Documentation

• Forum

• Wiki

• Collaborative projects

• Interactivity on the content

WHEN CAN WE USE XWIKI AND WHAT ARE ITS ADVANTAGES?

When use XWiki?

● When collaboration needs are important● When you need to open spaces on demand● When you want less formal exchanges● When you don't want to have several tools in

the company

XWiki's advantages

● Native collaborative features● WYSIWYG editor● Fine rights management● Information organization● Advanced customization capacities (skin,

features and applications)● Complete development platform

SOME REFERENCES

Website - Aelia

WikiTerritorial - CNFPT

Resources center - USH

Congrès website - USH

Education - Planète Sankoré

Website – CMSDay by XWiki

QUESTIONS / ANSWERS

VIA TWITTER : @CMSday / #CMSdayBY MAIL : contact@cmsday.fr