Cyn.in
Developer(s) | Cynapse |
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Stable release | 3.1.3
/ April 28, 2010 |
Written in | Cross-platform |
Type | Collaborative software |
License | GNU GPL version 3 |
Website | www |
Cyn.in is an
Cyn.in comes in three flavors.
History
Cyn.in was developed and released in late 2006 as a closed source
Concepts
Application convergence
The cyn.in collaborative information management system attempts to bring together the core concepts of:
- Personal information management
- Organization-wide knowledge and document management
- Information and file collaboration
- Knowledge transfer
- Content publishing
Spaces
Information can be made available in four different location namespaces, called Personal Space, Shared Space, Intranet Space and Web Space within the cyn.in application. Each Space has distinct authorization and functionality rules, for example, the Intranet Space of a cyn.in site may only be accessed by members of it, in contrast to the Web Space, where public Internet access is allowed.
Notes
Information and files in cyn.in are stored together in a common container format called a Note. A user can create any number of Notes in the system, however a Note can only reside in one Space at a time.
Taxonomy and categorization
Notes can have one or more SlashTags. SlashTags is the name given to the hierarchical tagging system used in cyn.in to categorize Notes and is used for creation of navigation trees and dynamic pop-out menus. SlashTags offer
- direct navigational access to each Note
- multiple presences of the same Note in the navigation system
Key Features
Due to the emergent nature of the open source and hosted service model, the exact feature specification of the cyn.in service is updated regularly. The following core features are currently visible:[9]
- Wiki support
- Blog support
- Calendaring
- Microblogging
- Bookmark Directories
- Discussion Boards
- Audio and Video Galleries
- File Repositories
- Image Galleries and slideshowviews of images
- Collaboration Spaces
- Customizable Permissions and Access control
- Integrated WYSIWYG Word Processor
- WYSIWYG creation and editing of HTML content tables
- Content Ratings
- Content Tagging support
- People Directory
- Working Copy support
- Link and reference integrity maintenance
- Automatic locking and unlocking
- Complete revision history of all content and files
- Workflow capabilities
- Integrated Full Text indexing of (PDF, HTML, Text and other file formats)
- Rules engine for content
- Auto-generated tables of contents
- Multi-file uploads
- Live Search
- Faceted Search
- i18nsupport
- Accessibility compliant
- Time-based publishing and expiry of content
- Standards-compliant XHTML and CSS
- RSS syndication of content and files
- Automatic image scaling and thumbnail generation
- Cross-platform
- Comment capabilities on any content
- WebDAV support
- Backup support
- Cut/copy/paste operations on content
- Email notifications
- Desktop Client [10]
- Automatic Backlinking
- Granular rights based content editing and user-to-user collaboration
- Access rights based AJAXuser interface
- Co - author rich content, files and documents
- Selectively move content from private to public spaces
- Sensible, easy-to-remember URLs
- Server based image resizing for preview and download
Applications
Designed to be used generically, the cyn.in bliki service can be applied in the following business applications:
- Knowledge management
- Document management
- Enterprise content management
- Digital asset management
- Online file system
- Version control system
- Group Collaboration
Pricing model
The cyn.in service is made available for purchase by businesses in the
A free version is also available for individual professionals with some limitations in storage and the maximum number of users that are allowed.
Awards
- 2009
- Les Tropées du Libre (nominee)[11]
- SourceForge Community Choice Awards - Finalist in 3 categories [12] - Best New Project, Best Commercial Open Source Project & Best Visual Design
See also
References
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ Cynapse on Google Maps (Map). Google Maps. 2009.
- ^ Bowles, Jerry (2006-09-26). "cyn-in Goes Live". Enterprise Web 2.0. Archived from the original on 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ "Cyn.in editions". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ Gibbs, Mark (2006-11-08). "What do you get if you cross a blog with a wiki?". Network World. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ "Cynapse Unveils cyn.in v2, the Open Source Collaborative Knowledge Management Software -- Available as an on-premises appliance or an On-Demand Service to Enterprises and Small Businesses" (Press release). Cynapse. 2008-07-16.
- ^ Hagopian, Peter. "Cyn.in V2 Offers Solid Features And An On-Site Appliance Option".
- ^ Etherington, Darrell. "Cyn.in: More Open Source Group Collaboration". Archived from the original on 2009-01-23.
- ^ "cyn.in feature set". cyn.in. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (December 17, 2008), "New from Cynapse: Activity Streams on the Company Desktop", The New York Times
- ^ "Cyn.in nominated for the Les Tropées du Libre Awards 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
- ^ "SourceForge Announces Finalists of Fourth Annual Community Choice Awards" (Press release). SourceForge. 2009-06-22. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27.