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========
Features
========
- :doc:`Document versioning <../chapters/versioning>`.
- Store many versions of the same document, download or revert to a
previous version.
- :doc:`Digital signatures <../chapters/signatures>`.
- Check the authenticity of documents by verifying their embedded
cryptographic signatures or upload detached signatures for document
signed after they were stored.
- :doc:`Collaboration tools <../parts/collaboration>`.
- Discuss documents, or comment on new versions of a document.
- :doc:`User-defined document metadata <../chapters/metadata>`.
- Several metadata fields can be matched to a document type as per technical,
legal or structural requirements such as the `Dublin core`_.
- Metadata fields can have an initial value, which can be static or determined
by a template code snippet provided by the user.
- :doc:`Documents can be uploaded from different sources <../chapters/sources>`.
- Local file or server side file uploads, multifunctional copier, or even via
email.
- Batch uploads.
- Many documents can be upload in a single action.
- Clone a document's metadata for speedier uploads and eliminate repetitive
data entry.
- Previews for many file formats.
- Mayan EDMS provides image preview generation for many popular file
formats.
- Office document format support.
- Mayan EDMS can detect the presence of Libre Office and use it to support
word processing files, spreadsheets and presentations.
- Full text searching.
- Documents can be searched by their text content, their metadata or any other
file attribute such as name, extension, etc.
- :doc:`Configurable document grouping <../parts/categorization>`.
- Automatic linking of documents based on metadata values or document
properties.
- :doc:`Advanced access control system <../chapters/permissions>`.
- Role based access control. It is possible to create an unlimited amount
of different roles not being restricted to the traditional admin,
operator, guest paradigm.
- There is a permission for every atomic operation performed by users.
- Multi page document support.
- Multiple page PDF and TIFF files are supported.
- :doc:`Automatic OCR processing <../chapters/ocr_backend>`.
- The task of transcribing text from documents via OCR can be distributed
among several physical or virtual computers to decrease load and increase
availability.
- The current language of the document is passed to the corresponding OCR
engine to increase the text recognition rate.
- Multilingual user interface.
- Mayan EDMS being written using the Django_ framework, can be translated
to practically any language spoken in the world. For a list of translated
languages have a look at the Transifex_ project location.
- :doc:`Plugable storage backends <../parts/storage>`.
- It is very easy to use 3rd party plugins such as the ones available for
Amazon EC2.
- :doc:`Color coded tags <../chapters/tags>`.
- Labeled and color coded tags can be assigned for intuitive recognition.
- :doc:`Workflows <../chapters/workflows>`.
- Keep track of the state of documents, along with the log of the previous
state changes.
.. _`Dublin core`: http://dublincore.org/metadata-basics/
.. _Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
.. _Transifex: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/mayan-edms/