[opencms-dev] OpenCMS too much for purposes other than web publishing?

[Uwe König]

Hello Menelaos, 

> I was just wondering whether using OpenCMS for managing digital
> content other than web sites would be like using a cannon to kill
> a fly. I need a system to implement some rudimentary workflow
> procedures and to support the translation procedure in an
> organization (to and from a number of languages) so my people will
> be working with -for the most part text-only- digital content in
> the form of word or pdf files and they would need stuff maybe like
> annotating or semantically enriching a file with comments,
> metadata and such but not for the purpose of publishing this
> collection of material to the web. In short, would it make sense
> to use OpenCMS for content management purposes other than web
> publishing or should I be looking for a simpler solution (any
> hints?).

well, content for OpenCMS relates to web-content. Your task sounds
more like document-management to me. So I would say OpenCMS doesn't
fit your needs. 
Best regards, 

Uwe König