February 09, 2004
Personal Document Management Systems
THIS WEEK NetSpeak profiles a few free open-source DMS (document management system) tools that can be deployed quickly on a desktop.
Computer users generate documents almost everyday using various packages and store them on the hard disk. Apart from locally generated data, users tend to download anything and everything from the Net and store them on the hard disk. However, data are stored in a haphazard fashion and there is no mechanism to know what things are available on the hard disk and at times users may even download material already stored. Also, while many are aware that a specific resource is available on the hard disk, they may not be able to retrieve it unless they know its exact filename/location.
Computer users generate documents almost everyday using various packages and store them on the hard disk. Apart from locally generated data, users tend to download anything and everything from the Net and store them on the hard disk. However, data are stored in a haphazard fashion and there is no mechanism to know what things are available on the hard disk and at times users may even download material already stored. Also, while many are aware that a specific resource is available on the hard disk, they may not be able to retrieve it unless they know its exact filename/location.
