@article {1232, title = {Integration of libre software applications to create a collaborative work platform for researchers at GET}, journal = {International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering}, volume = {1}, number = {3}, year = {2006}, month = {07/2006}, pages = {1-16}, publisher = {IGI Global}, abstract = {Libre software provides powerful applications ready to be integrated for the build-up of platforms for internal use in organizations. We describe the architecture of the collaborative work platform which we have integrated, designed for researchers at GET. We present the elements we have learned during this project in particular with respect to contribution to external libre projects, in order to better ensure the maintainability of the internal applications, and to phpGroupware as a framework for specific applications development.}, keywords = {collaborative work environment, contribution, free software, groupware, in-house applications, libre software, open source software, OpenLDAP, phpGroupware, PicoLibre, ProGET, Sympa, TWiki, WebDAV, wiki}, author = {Olivier Berger and Christian Bac and Benoit Hamet} }