FocusOPEN Feature Comparison
Below is a description of the main features of each edition of FocusOPEN. Read the features section for a more general overview.
| Licence | ||
| Full access to source code |  |
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| Unlimited number of users (no per-seat licence) | |
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| Unlimited number of brands |  |
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| Removal of FocusOPEN attribution logo and links | |
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| Waive requirement to contribute modifications back to the community | |
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| Search & Metadata | ||
| Keyword based text search | |
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| Search grammar (Boolean & wildcards) | |
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| Concept filtering or faceted search | |
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| Folder/category search | |
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| Add assets to multiple folders | |
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| Attach documents and other assets to master asset | |
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| Cross reference linked assets | |
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| Search & indexing of text asset content (master and attachments) | |
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| Link to search results | |
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| Read embedded metadata (IPTC, XMP and ID3) | |
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| Filter management | |
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| Category and taxonomy management | |
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| Lightbox (favourites) | ||
| Unlimited user lightboxes | |
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| Personal and public lightboxes | |
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| Add notes to assets and lightboxes | |
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| Merge, duplicate and remove lightboxes | |
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| Security | ||
| Fully password protected using encrypted passwords | |
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| Automated account expiry and reactivation workflow | |
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| Account emulation facility for senior users | |
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| Restrict to IP Address and waive option for off-site users | |
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| Event based user audit trail for security and support | |
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| Roles based permissions | |
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| Configurable asset access security permissions for different groups of users | |
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| Self-registration and/or invite only registration option | |
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| Optional expiry date for assets (e.g. for time restricted licences) | |
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| Support SSL for secure repositories | |
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| Requesting Assets | ||
| Cart for requesting assets | |
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| Direct download for pre-approved assets | |
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| Customisable usage approval workflows for rights managed assets | |
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| Order management interface | |
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| Managed dialogue between orderer and approver | |
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| Full audit trail of all approval conversations | |
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| Deadline and usage specification | |
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| Proxy Asset Generation & Asset Processing | ||
| Dedicated Asset Processing Server (APS) | |
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| Proxies generated for Images (using ImageMagick) | |
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| Proxies generated for Video (using FFMPEG or commercial transcoder) | |
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| Proxies generated for Office Files (using commercial plugins - requires Aspose licence, not included) | |
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| Proxies generated for InDesign Files | |
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| Proxies generated for PDF (using GhostScript) | |
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| Proxies generated for Audio (using FFMPEG) | |
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| Physical asset support | |
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| Plug-in architecture allows additional file types to be added | |
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| Format conversion, transcoding and other asset manipulation | |
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| APS hosted independently of FocusOPEN for highly scalable asset processing | |
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| WCF based API controlled using XML command packets | |
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| Support for unlimited range of file types (extensions) | |
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| Branding | ||
| Custom home pages | |
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| Integrate Flash or custom HTML/JQuery home page and other content | |
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| Dynamic skins based presentation using CSS and custom images | |
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| Multi-brand option (use single system with multiple skins and domain names) | |
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| Custom domain name for each brand | |
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| Seggregate access to assets based on the user's brand | |
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| Upload & Ingestion | ||
| Dynamic live upload progress bar | |
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| Zip upload multiple assets in batches | |
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| Watched folders for automated ingestion via FTP or file server | |
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| Template based data entry to batch apply metadata to multiple assets | |
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| MD5 checksums to prevent duplicate uploads | |
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| Warning to administrator if duplicate exists outside user's permissions | |
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| Workflow Management | ||
| Multiple workflow routes | |
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| Re-configurable workflows for different asset approval scenarios | |
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| Upload and edit controls for designated users (and exemptions) | |
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| Workflow discussion | |
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| Reporting | ||
| Login and registration statistics | |
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| Asset popularity statistics | |
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| Individual asset statistics | |
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| Full event based system audit trail | |
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| Media Delivery | ||
| Integrated with streaming server | |
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| Integrated with CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) | |
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| Scripting & API | ||
| Server-side JavaScript scripting engine | |
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| Customisable REST API developed using FocusOPEN scripting engine | |
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| Preview plug-in architecture allows custom client-side viewers to be developed by third parties | |
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| Customisable widget based Home Pages and custom editor facility using XML mark-up and client-side scripting | |
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| Hosting & Infrastructure | ||
| Designed for use in a typical Windows based corporate IT environment | |
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| Compatible with Windows 2003/2008, IIS6/7, SQL Server 2005/2008 | |
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| Supports IE6 & Flash 8 (also IE 7/8, Firefox, Safari and Chrome) | |
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| Includes system management dashboard with disk utilisation charts | |
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| Unlimited number of storage mount points for true scalability | |
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| Supports High Availability clustering and failover | |
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| Supports virtualized hosts (e.g. VMWare, Xen etc) | |
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| Self hosted or using a Daydream supplied hosting option | |
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| Native and plug-in authentication architecture to enable SSO and shared user credentials | |
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| Active Directory Authentication Plug-In | |
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