TYPO3, provider of enterprise Open Source content management, has repositioned itself for even greater success with the creation of the TYPO3 Association.
In Tirol, Austria, an international congress of 140 leading TYPO3 experts laid down strategies and programming trends for the successful Open Source tool. The path chosen is delineated by new directions for programmers and developers with a clearly defined organization of the Open Source project.
Built on an open architecture, TYPO3 was always a good choice for companies wanting to maximize scalability while retaining control over their CMS. Now backed by the TYPO3 Association, the fast-growing TYPO3 community will enjoy even more substantial support. Based in Switzerland, one of the TYPO3 Association¹s main tasks is the continual adaptation of TYPO3 to international software standards. Not only does this allow greater support
for the development community, but it also adds value for companies investing in this type of Open Source content management system. The TYPO3 Association will also feature a body over financial and legal matters.
'Object oriented typoscript' (OBTS) is a revolutionary new tool for programmers and software developers. OBTS offers a graphic editor (IDE) for the easier generation and management of templates, as well as an expanded set of content objects that facilitates the use of pre-established PHP-functions.
A modular 'drag and drop' interface in the development field allows users to construct complex configurations without any programming expertise whatsoever. A simple click of the mouse is all it takes.
TYPO3 released a full-featured Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, making TYPO3 a strong competitor among commercial systems with similar features. The Digital Asset Management system helps content editors by automatically assigning keywords and categories to media and data. By using the DAM to create a media pool, data can be more efficiently located and utilized when developing a site.
New authentication services for front-end, as well as back-end, users permit the authentication of TYPO3 against any data source. For example, existing user data from LDAP, Active Directory, Novell e-directory, Oracle, MS-Sql, Sybase or MySQL can be used directly. This furthers TYPO3¹s efforts in the field of single sign-on workspaces.
The upcoming version, TYPO3 3.8 has numerous new features relating to the workflow, indexed search engine and version control.

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