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ZMS - open source content management for science, technology and medicine

ZMS (Zope based Content Management for Science, Technology and Medicine) is a complete solution for website-based ePublishing. An easy-to-use editorial interface and flexible options for modelling (multilingualism, metadata, content objects, XML-import/export, workflow etc.) target at optimal productivity: with a few clicks a capable website can be produced.

Overview: ZMS is a free open source CMS-solution, excellently suitable for hospitals, research, institutions and international SME. The underlying efficiency-oriented publication model is the result of many consulting projects in the recent years with CMS products usual in the market. Modularity of the ZMS components and approved production processes turn ZMS into an uncomparably rapid tool.

The most important features of ZMS at a glance:

  • Easy usability, particularly when entering content (web forms)
  • Strict separation of contents and design components
  • Universally applicable, modular template model and efficient design concept
  • Categorisation concept and library-conformable meta attributes
  • Workflow and role concept
  • Editorial work tools (notes, alerting, work lists)
  • Multilingual publishing
  • Multi-client capability
  • XML-Interface for document import and export
  • Large extensibility (script languages DTML, Python; database interfaces)
  • Continuous object orientation (inheritance concept)
  • Production benefit by use of content and application modules
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Screenshot of the ZMS management interface: the ZMS interface is concentrated on the text input and the markup. The extremely easy and fast application enables the editor to construct the content of a whole website without any HTML knowledge. Access the ZMS test zone

Background: ZMS uses the open source application server ZOPE and is optimised for the building of structured contents. This system facilitates the editorial process by prescribing a homogeneous concept for the structure and the development of internet documents. ZMS makes the „one click publishing“ also possible for the inexperienced user by the direct entering of contents in a web form. The ZMS framework offers complete solution approaches for the most important questions when structuring and operating a content-oriented website and allows for a flexible modelling of electronic contents to the expert.

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Current ZMS release

[2006-03] Download current release for Zope 2.9, Python 2.4, UTF-8 More...more

8th DZUG-Conference

ZMS-Add-Ons: "eLearningCMS" at Technical University Dresden (german) More...more

7th DZUG-Conference

Speech 'eLearning and Self-Publishing in NGOs' (german) More...more

6th DZUG-Conference

Speech "Multi-Sites and XML-Publishing with ZMS" (German language), PDF 5Mb More...more

GMDS-Jahrestagung

Berlin [2002-09-10] Speech "Efficient Publishing with Open Source" (German language) More...more

ZMS-Book

"How to publish online!" 200 pages, 149 EUR+Vat (German language) More...more

ZMS online demo

Test the ZMS interface online.... More...more

Im-/Export per XML/XSL

[2003-01-08] Slides "XML- based crossmedia-publishing by use of XMS, XSL and XSL- FO" (German language) PDF 0,8 Mb More...more

The ZMS concept in overview

Efficient content management with open source! ZMS offers the Zope framework for high productivity for website publishing. The fact sheet (pdf) gives an overview on 1 page (German language). More...more

CMS - Market overview

ZMS-Listing at contentmanager.de: technical details, comparison of products etc. More...more