Mayan (software) explained

Mayan EDMS
Developer:	Roberto Rosario^[1]
Operating System:	Cross-platform
Genre:	Document Management System, Groupware, Open source
License:	Free and open source software Apache License
Released:	^[2]
Latest Release Version:	4.3
Latest Release Date:	^[3]
Programming Language:	Python

Mayan (or Mayan EDMS) is a web-based free/libre document management system for managing documents within an organization.^[4] All functionality is available in its free public version.^{[5] [6]} It has an active community of volunteers^{[7] [8]} and third-party service and support providers.^[9]

Its largest installation as of June 2012 is Puerto Rico's main permit agency (20,000+ documents).^[10]

History and features

Mayan started as a project whose only requirement was the storage of PDF files for a government agency transitioning to an all electronic registration process and has grown into a general system since then.^{[11] [12] [13]}

It is designed to be easy to migrate to different physical computers.^[14] It is written in Python using the Django framework. Features include document versioning,^[15] electronic signature verification,multilingual support,^[16] discussion tools,^[17] user-defined metadata and unique identifiers, and roles support.^[18]

Mayan EDMS was featured on the free software / open source (FLOSS) themed podcast FLOSS Weekly episode 253^[19] aired on May 29, 2013.^[20]

See also

• Document Management
• List of content management systems
• List of collaborative software

External links

• • • Online documentation
• Mayan Google+ page and discussion group

Reviews

• Mayan review (English)
• Sistema de Gestión Documental (Spanish)
• личный опыт (Russian)
• Gescande documenten beheren met Mayan EDMS (Dutch)
• Linux at the office - Mayan EDM: open source document management (Dutch)
• Finances Online

Notes and References

1. http://www.about.me/roberto.rosario Developer profile
2. https://github.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/commit/2b1e1be680eda385491a148cbca018061ea9c96d Mayan initial release commit
3. https://docs.mayan-edms.com/releases/4.3.html Mayan EDMS version 4.3 release notes
4. https://rosarior.github.com/mayan/download.html Full feature download
5. http://www.logicaldoc.com/product/features.html LogicalDoc versions comparison
6. http://www.alfresco.com/products/networks/compare/ Alfresco versions comparison
7. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/mayan-edms Mayan Google Group
8. http://mayan.readthedocs.org/en/development/credits/contributors.html Mayan contributors list
9. https://rosarior.github.com/mayan/support.html Worldwide third-party support providers
10. https://archive.today/20121217150446/https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114142528070147926514/albums/posts/5739880634268136130 Puerto Rico's main permit agency, document count
11. http://www.fafamonge.com/2012/05/sistema-de-gestion-documental-mayan-edms.html Fafamonge's Mayan review
12. http://geospaced.blogspot.com/2012/01/document-management-system-review-mayan.html Barry Rowlingson's review conclusion
13. https://plus.google.com/u/0/108413286958999778262/posts/eMUDUsNS3pj Puerto Rico's central permit agency scanning station centered around Mayan
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioUJEBA5c1c Mayan case study by SaaS provider Appsembler
15. Web site: Document versioning documentation . 2012-10-24 . https://archive.today/20130415201330/http://mayan.readthedocs.org/en/development/topics/versioning.html . 2013-04-15 . dead .
16. https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/mayan-edms/ Mayan Transifex project page
17. http://mayan.readthedocs.org/en/development/topics/document_visualization.html Mayan office document support documentation
18. Web site: Mayan permission system . 2012-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213723/http://mayan.readthedocs.org/en/development/topics/permissions.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
19. http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly/253 FLOSS Weekly episode 253
20. https://www.konzeptwerkgmbh.de/dms-dokumentenmanagementsystem Dokumenten Management System