Category:OpenGuides

Template:Wiki Engine OpenGuides is a complete system for running a website about a subject where geographical location is important. It's mostly used to run guides to a town or city. It's an open-source wiki-based web application written in Perl.

Features

• StructuredData
• Google Maps integration
• SQL backend storage using Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite
• Resource Description Framework (RDF) output, for integration into Semantic Web

Our StructuredData is implemented via user-friendly individual text boxes rather than MediaWiki-style templates; see for example Sandbox edit on the Boston OpenGuide.

We chose to use SQL storage because it's flexible, and it allows guide admins to create customised queries and features; see for example the category search on the Randomness Guide to London. We included SQLite support for situations where running a proper database server isn't possible; SQLite is a complete SQL engine which stores all its data in a single file on disk. It does not use CamelCase.

Community

• The #openguides IRC channel on irc.perl.org
• The openguides-dev mailing list

See also

• OpenGuides article on Perl.com (October 2003)
• OpenGuides article on ONLamp.com (July 2007)
• dev.OpenGuides.org — wiki, bug-tracker and source repository