[Web4lib] Java Based CMS experiences?

[John Fereira]

At 04:19 PM 8/8/2006, Scott Turnbull wrote:
>Anyone have any experiences using Java based CMS apps for their 
>library sites or resources? We've been looking at Liferay here as a 
>possible experimental platform.

Liferay is a Portal container, although it does have an embedded 
Content Management System

>I know believe Dspace is java based as well so there could be an 
>easy basis for hooking if we ended up using it at a later date.

DSpace is a digital object repository that comes with a somewhat 
customizable user interface.

Yes, both are java based but neither is, by itself, a content 
management system.  I've pretty familiar with Hypercontent   *is* a 
java based content management that doesn't rely on a specific portal 
implementation or server environment to render the content.  I think 
Hypercontent is a great system (and I'm not just saying that because 
I've known the author of the product for 4 years) but it does require 
a bit of a learning curve to set up as site.


That's a problem that I have with many of the CMS's out there.  IMHO, 
a CMS should  just provide a mechanism for those without web site 
development skills to produce web content (and not necessary just for 
the web) and shouldn't be dependent upon a specific web server 
environment or portal to render that content.



>Any thoughts or options are appreciated.
>
>- Scott Turnbull
>Emory Health Sciences Center Library
>Atlanta, GA
>_______________________________________________
>Web4lib mailing list
>Web4lib at webjunction.org
>http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/

John Fereira
jaf30 at cornell.edu
Ithaca, NY