APLAWS

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Cambridge City Council implements APLAWS an Open Source CMS.

This case study investigates two related aspects of the use of the APLAWS (Accessible Personalisable Local Authority WebSite) software across the UK and in Cambridge City Council in particular. The user-specific aspect of the study considers the use of APLAWS in Cambridge City Council, a more general aspect is the nature and management of the APLAWS project itself. The software has been developed and disseminated in ways that differ from many Open Source Projects and is considered to be both successful and potentially a model for similar developments. Because local authorities do not compete with each other in any serious commercial manner, they have the potential to collaborate on the production of software to meet their needs and the Open Source approach is one that shows promise for mutual support and cooperation. APLAWS represents a valuable pilot example of that collaborative approach.