Cyn.in is an

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enterprise

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built on top of

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written in the

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which is a layer above

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. Cyn.in is developed by Cynapse a company founded by Apurva Roy Choudhury and Dhiraj Gupta which is based in

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. Cyn.in enables its users to store, retrieve and organize files and rich content in a

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environment. Cyn.in comes in three flavors. Cyn.in Community Edition is released under the

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version 3 based on

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and is completely "free" to use. Cyn.in Enterprise Editions are commercially supported, certified and tested by Cynapse. The on-premises appliance is designed towards businesses who want to install the software on their infrastructure behind their firewall. With the On-Demand Service, Cynapse hosts the software for businesses to use, in secure cloud servers.

History

Cyn.in was developed and released in late 2006 as a closed source Enterprise Bliki software, based on the

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as a

SaaS Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software. SaaS is cons ...

offering by Cynapse. In 2008, June, Cynapse, the company behind Cyn.in, released a new version of Cyn.in and open sourced the project. This release was built on the popular open source

framework. With this release Cynapse's intention was to expand its focus into the enterprise collaboration domain. While the new release still supported

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and

Wikis A wiki ( ) is an online hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience, using a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages for the subjects or scope of the project, and could be either open to the pub ...

, Cyn.in had evolved to include enterprise collaboration tools including file repositories, event calendars, image galleries and more. The company decided to discontinue using the Bliki terminology and Cyn.in is called a

Collaboration software Collaborative software or groupware is application software designed to help people working on a common task to attain their goals. One of the earliest definitions of groupware is "intentional group processes plus software to support them". As re ...

Concepts

Application convergence

The cyn.in collaborative

information management Information management (IM) concerns a cycle of organizational activity: the acquisition of information from one or more sources, the custodianship and the distribution of that information to those who need it, and its ultimate disposal throug ...

system attempts to bring together the core concepts of: *

Personal information management Personal information management (PIM) is the study of the activities people perform in order to acquire or create, store, organize, maintain, retrieve, and use information items such as documents (paper-based and digital), web pages, and email mes ...

*Organization-wide knowledge and document management *Information and file collaboration *

Knowledge transfer Knowledge transfer is the sharing or disseminating of knowledge and the providing of inputs to problem solving. In organizational theory, knowledge transfer is the practical problem of transferring knowledge from one part of the organization t ...

*Content

publishing Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

Spaces

Information can be made available in four different location namespaces, called ''Personal Space'', ''Shared Space'', ''Intranet Space'' and ''Web Space'' within the cyn.in application. Each ''Space'' has distinct

authorization Authorization or authorisation (see spelling differences) is the function of specifying access rights/privileges to resources, which is related to general information security and computer security, and to access control in particular. More for ...

and functionality rules, for example, the Intranet Space of a ''cyn.in site'' may only be accessed by members of it, in contrast to the Web Space, where public Internet access is allowed.

Notes

Information and files in cyn.in are stored together in a common container format called a ''Note''. A user can create any number of Notes in the system, however a Note can only reside in one ''Space'' at a time.

Taxonomy and categorization

Notes can have one or more SlashTags. SlashTags is the name given to the hierarchical tagging system used in cyn.in to categorize ''Notes'' and is used for creation of navigation trees and dynamic pop-out menus. SlashTags offer

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advantages when compared to traditional folder based systems because they enable: *direct navigational access to each Note *multiple presences of the same Note in the navigation system

Key Features

Due to the emergent nature of the open source and hosted service model, the exact feature specification of the cyn.in service is updated regularly. The following core features are currently visible: *

Wiki A wiki ( ) is an online hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience, using a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages for the subjects or scope of the project, and could be either open to the pu ...

support *

Blog A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...

support *Calendaring *

Microblogging Microblogging is a form of social network that permits only short posts. They "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links",. Retrieved June 5, 2014 which may be the major reason for ...

*Bookmark Directories *Discussion Boards *Audio and Video Galleries *File Repositories *Image Galleries and

slideshow A slide show (slideshow) is a presentation of a series of still images ( slides) on a projection screen or electronic display device, typically in a prearranged sequence. The changes may be automatic and at regular intervals or they may be manu ...

views of images *Collaboration Spaces *Customizable Permissions and Access control *Integrated

WYSIWYG In computing, WYSIWYG ( ), an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, is a system in which editing software allows content to be edited in a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed d ...

Word Processor *WYSIWYG creation and editing of HTML content tables *Content Ratings *Content Tagging support *People Directory *Working Copy support *Link and reference integrity maintenance *Automatic locking and unlocking *Complete revision history of all content and files *

Workflow A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. It can be depicted as a sequence of ...

capabilities *Integrated Full Text indexing of (

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PDF Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. ...

, HTML, Text and other file formats) *Rules engine for content *Auto-generated tables of contents *Multi-file uploads *Live Search *

Faceted Search Faceted search is a technique that involves augmenting traditional search techniques with a faceted navigation system, allowing users to narrow down search results by applying multiple filters based on faceted classification of the items. It is som ...

i18n In computing, internationalization and localization (American) or internationalisation and localisation (British English), often abbreviated i18n and L10n, are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional peculiarities and ...

support *

Accessibility Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i. ...

compliant *Time-based publishing and expiry of content *Standards-compliant

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and

CSS Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML (including XML dialects such as SVG, MathML or XHTML). CSS is a cornerstone techno ...

RSS RSS ( RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many di ...

syndication of content and files *Automatic image scaling and thumbnail generation *

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*Comment capabilities on any content *

WebDAV WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is a set of extensions to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which allows user agents to collaboratively author contents ''directly'' in an HTTP web server by providing facilities for concu ...

support *

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support *Cut/copy/paste operations on content *Email notifications *Desktop Client *Automatic Backlinking *Granular rights based content editing and user-to-user collaboration *Access rights based

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user interface *Co - author rich content, files and documents *Selectively move content from private to public spaces *Sensible, easy-to-remember

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s *Server based image resizing for preview and download

Applications

Designed to be used generically, the cyn.in bliki service can be applied in the following

business applications Business software (or a business application) is any software or set of computer programs used by business users to perform various business functions. These business applications are used to increase productivity, measure productivity, and perf ...

: *

Knowledge management Knowledge management (KM) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization. It refers to a multidisciplinary approach to achieve organisational objectives by making ...

Document management A document management system (DMS) is usually a computerized system used to store, share, track and manage files or documents. Some systems include history tracking where a log of the various versions created and modified by different users is r ...

Enterprise content management Enterprise content management (ECM) extends the concept of content management by adding a timeline for each content item and, possibly, enforcing processes for its creation, approval and distribution. Systems using ECM generally provide a secure ...

Digital asset management Digital asset management (DAM) and the implementation of its use as a computer application is required in the collection of digital assets to ensure that the owner, and possibly their delegates, can perform operations on the data files. Termin ...

* Online file system *

Version control system In software engineering, version control (also known as revision control, source control, or source code management) is a class of systems responsible for managing changes to computer programs, documents, large web sites, or other collections o ...

*Group Collaboration

Pricing model

The cyn.in service is made available for purchase by businesses in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model at a flexible per user cost. cyn.in is a

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system; each customer of cyn.in may purchase one or more ''cyn.in sites'' each of which are located at a user selectable

subdomain In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a subdomain is a domain that is a part of another (main) domain. For example, if a domain offered an online store as part of their website example.com, it might use the subdomain shop.example.com . Ov ...

of the main cyn.in service. Each site allows a set of users to log into it to access internal functionality; the service offers a central user

authentication Authentication (from ''authentikos'', "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης ''authentes'', "author") is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicati ...

system and thus allows the same users to be members of different cyn.in sites as well. A free version is also available for individual professionals with some limitations in storage and the maximum number of users that are allowed.

Awards

* 2009 ** Les Tropées du Libre (nominee) **

SourceForge SourceForge is a web service that offers software consumers a centralized online location to control and manage open-source software projects and research business software. It provides source code repository hosting, bug tracking, mirrorin ...

Community Choice Awards - Finalist in 3 categories - Best New Project, Best Commercial Open Source Project & Best Visual Design

References

External links

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Official Cyn.in Software Buy / Purchase Link
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Cynapse Blog

User and Administration Wiki Documentation

Cyn.in listed as an add-on product on the Plone Website

Cyn.in Desktop client listing in the Flex showcase
Blog hosting services Free content management systems Free wiki software Cross-platform software Free business software Free groupware Groupware Zope Python (programming language) software Adobe Integrated Runtime platform software 2006 software

History

Concepts

Application convergence

Spaces

Notes

Taxonomy and categorization

Key Features

Applications

Pricing model

Awards

See also

References

External links