omCollab is a software product completely built on open source software and is used for collaboration within organisations or on the internet. It provides a web portal environment to create, share and search Microsoft Office content, files, shared bookmarks, blog posts and wiki articles across the enterprise. omCollab integrates some of the best-known open source software applications into a single environment to meet enterprise requirements for collaboration.
omCollab is a composite of a number of different products. The capabilities provided by omCollab include:
A Wiki to collaboratively create and share content, based on MediaWiki which powers Wikipedia
Blogs to publish individual or group-based information (based on WordPress
Social Bookmarking for storing, sharing and discovering web bookmarks. Released as omBookmarks, a fork of the codebase from Scuttle.
Social Networking functionality for a collaborative community that is integrated into the other components.
A Forum to support discussion groups and frequently asked questions (based on phpBB
Mashup capabilities to the MIKE2.0 Methodology to build integrated solutions based on open content.
Search for users to discover content across federated repositories.
A Rich User Interface with advanced navigational components, an integrated skin and single sign on to provide common look and feel across the platform.
There are also a number of extensions to these components, that can be found on the page of MIKE2.0.
