[Zope] [Announce] mxm Workgroups 1.0 for Plone released

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Thu Mar 4 21:08:15 EST 2004


mxm Workgroups makes collaboration easy and possible for networked and
virtual organisations. It is a way to make shared "workspaces" where
groups of people can collaborate. Yet it still has all the freedom,
flexibility and simplicity as a normal Plone folder.

mxm Workgroups consists of two parts


A Workgroup content type
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It acts just like a normal Plone folder. With the difference that you
can add members to it, and give these member local roles in the
workgroup. These folders acts like Member folders, only for groups.
**Different groupmembers can have different roles**.

A workgroup can be added *anywhere* in the portal. This means that
even members can add add-hoc workgroups in their own home folder.

They also allow for easy sharing of workgroups that are outside the
members folder. Ie. you can have a Workgroup called "news" in the root
of the portal, and let any member add news items in this workgroup.
Just as easily as if it was in his own home folder.

Members has a complete list of the groups they are group members of.

Group members can delegate their roles to others in a workgroup.
Meaning ie. that if a Member has the "Reviewer" role, he can easily
give it to other members of the Workgroup.


A workgroup tool
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It keeps track of the groups and their members. It registers the
Workgroups internally for speed. This also means that Workgroup
members does not need to have local roles in a workgroup to be
members.

The Workgroup tool keeps track of the Workgroups and the members in an
efficient internal data structure (BTree's). No need to search the
catalog.

Groups and members are referenced back and forth, so it is easy to get
the members of a group, and the groups for a Memmber.

It is possible to move workgroups around without loosing the
group/member relationships.


License
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GPL



More info and download here
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http://www.mxm.dk/products/public/mxmWorkgroups/


regards Max M, mxm



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