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

ZMS is a content management solution for the site-based e-publishing. A simple editing interface and flexible content model (multilingualism, metadata, content objects, XML import / export, workflow etc.), is designed for optimal productivity for web sites, documentation and educational content.

Web Design
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Separation of form and content
How can we reconcile the creative variability and technical exemplariness?
eBook
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Writing electronic books together
eBooks at your fingertips: ZMS the author makes to the Publisher.
eLearning
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Produce educational content, organize courses
From content-tracking to the conference planning

When it comes to the content: ZMS is a free open-source CMS solution for hospitals, research institutions and international SMEs. ZMS differs from other content management systems (CMS) by focusing on a pre-configured, broadly evaluated publishing model. This can be adapted and expanded if necessary through a well-understand graphical interface. Proven editorial processes and modular architecture make the content management system, ZMS an incomparably productive tool: a website is able to work with a few clicks.

At a glance: The main features of ZMS

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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

  • 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

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.

Current ZMS release
[2006-03] Download current release for Zope 2.9, Python 2.4, UTF-8 More...more
ZMS-Add-Ons: "eLearningCMS" at Technical University Dresden (german) More...more
Speech 'eLearning and Self-Publishing in NGOs' (german) More...more
Speech "Multi-Sites and XML-Publishing with ZMS" (German language), PDF 5Mb More...more
Berlin [2002-09-10] Speech "Efficient Publishing with Open Source" (German language) More...more
"How to publish online!" 200 pages, 149 EUR+Vat (German language) More...more
Test the ZMS interface online.... More...more
[2003-01-08] Slides "XML- based crossmedia-publishing by use of XMS, XSL and XSL- FO" (German language) PDF 0,8 Mb More...more
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
ZMS-Listing at contentmanager.de: technical details, comparison of products etc. More...more