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Table 1 Comparison of features of collaborative tools

From: Collaborative software for traditional and translational research

Features

Alfresco

Confluence

Basecamp

SharePoint

Laboratree

MediaWiki

HUBzero

Document management

 Storage/retrieval

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Version control

X

X

X

X

X

  

 Audit

X

      

 Search

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

 Categorize files (tags)

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

 Sort

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

 Customizable views

   

X

   

 Office/SharePoint integration

X

  

X

   

 Online presentations

      

X

Information management

 Calendar

   

X

X

 

X

 Contacts

  

X

X

   

 Blogs

X

   

X

 

X

 Discussions

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Wikis

X

X

  

X

X

X

 News feeds

X

X

  

X

X

X

 Issues

   

X

   

 Lists

 

X

X

X

X

  

 Announcements

 

X

 

X

X

 

X

 Email notifications

 

X

  

X

X

X

 Interactive online tools

      

X

Collaboration

 User-based access control

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

 Social networking-based access control

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 Static project workspaces

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

 Customizable project workspaces

   

X

 

X

 

 Project-specific discussions

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

 Surveys

   

X

   

 Task lists

  

X

X

X

 

X

 Customizable workflows

X

Xa

 

X

 

Xa

X

 Instant messaging

    

X

  

Interface

 Web-based: CMS-like

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

 Web-based: HTML or pseudo-code

     

X

 

 Windows share (CIFS)

X

X

 

X

   

 FTP

   

X

   

 WebDAV

X

  

X

 

Xa

X

 Extensible using plugins

  

X

  

X

X

Installation

 Centrally hosted: web-only

 

X

X

 

X

 

X

 Locally hosted: web

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

 Locally hosted: GUI

       

 Local install

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

 Linux

X

X

  

X

X

X

 Windows

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

 Macintosh

X

X

   

X

 

 Virtual machine

      

X

License

 Subscription fee (mandatory)

 

X

X

    

 Subscription fee (enterprise, optional)

X

     

X

 Software purchase

   

X

   

 License contract

 

X

 

X

X

  

 Open source (free)

X

    

X

X

 Closed source (free)

    

X

  
  1. Each of the features is divided into feature sets, and an inclusion of a feature in a particular collaboration solution is indicated with an 'X' mark below that piece of software; aavailable by extension.