Frontis Archive Publishing System


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

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

Awards

In 2008, the innovative concept behind Frontis was recognised when it reached the Final of the Kent Innovation Challenge, 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 from the Federation of Family History Societies including: