Frontis Archive Publishing System

Frontis Archive Publishing System is a content management system and electronic document and records management system (EDRMS) and is primarily used for publishing historical archives on-lines for researchers to search.

Frontis Archive Publishing System
Original author(s)Frontis Ltd
Developer(s)Frontis Ltd
Initial release2008 (2008)
Written inPHP
TypeContent management framework, Web framework, Content management system, Community
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.frontisgroup.com

Concept

Frontis was launched in 2008, allowing the publication of both structured and unstructured website content for intelligent searching. Because it is deployed as a software as a service it is particularly of use to small voluntary organisations such as family history societies and historical organisations who do not have an IT infrastructure and sometimes struggle to find a simple way of publishing their records and archives to reach a wider audience. Its design and functionality was based on The UK National Archives standard for EDRMS.[1][2]

A number of heritage organisations use the Frontis system, including the UK's leading Genealogical Society the Society of Genealogists;[3] and Frontis powered sites currently publish over 20 million records on-line (2012 figures).

Awards

In 2008, the innovative concept behind Frontis was recognised when it reached the Final of the Kent Innovation Challenge,[4] a competition sponsored by SEEDA, a UK Government body.

The Frontis powered Families in British India Society web site has won a number of awards[5] from the Federation of Family History Societies including:

  • 2011 Best Web Site (Large Society);
  • 2010 Best Web Site (Small Societies);
  • 2008 Best Web Site (Specialist Society).

References
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2012-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "GENEALOGE: SOG London". Hughw36.blogspot.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-08-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Some sites using the Frontis System:

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