Features

1. Automatic Installation - Automatically install the application
or upgrade your current version

2. Check-in and Check-out files - This provides file locking
so that no two persons can update the same file at the
same time

3. Search Engine - Keyword search helps locate documents quickly

4. Multiple Users, Departments, and Categories - The system
allows for an unlimited number of these elements

5. File Moderation - Allows for departmental "reviewers"
to authorize or decline files for publication to the repository.
Can be turned off.

6. Email Notification - The system has a built in email notification
system for file authorization process

7. Fine Grained Access - Ability to control read/write/admin/forbidden
permissions for individual files based on users or groups
or both.

8. File History - Provides a history of actions taken upon
a file

9. Admin and Root users - Each installation can have any number
of "admin" users, who can create users,
categories, etc.. One "root"
user can do all.

10. Multiple Document Versions - Instead of overwriting a document
when a new version is added, the old versions are kept,
so there is a traceable change path.

11. Archiving function for deleted files - Files that are deleted
are now put into an "archive"
state and can be left there, un-archived, or permanently
deleted.

12. Bookmarkable URL's - You can bookmark a page in OpenDocMan
and email it to a co-worker, etc..

13. Breakcrumb Navigation - As you navigate through the site,
breadcrumb links are generated to aid in backward navigation.

14. File Expiration - Files can be set to automatically expire
after a definable period. The expiration action can be
one of either Remove from file list until renewed, Show
in file list but non-checkoutable, Send email to reviewer
only, or Do Nothing.

1.2 Requirements

* Apache Webserver 1.3.x (or any other webserver, that supports
PHP) (http://www.apache.org/)

* MySQL Server 3.22+ (http://www.mysql.com/)

* PHP 4+ compiled with MySQL-Support (http://www.php.net/)

* Linux