SCENARIchain

For who?⚓

SCENARIchain is intended for organizations (school, administration, company...) and professionals willing to organize the production of their information (technical, legal, procedural and educational).

For what?⚓

SCENARIchain is a system for the production of information and the publication of documents which:

assists the authors in the writing of textual, interactive and multimedia contents,
makes easier structuring the content in recombinable chunks,
instruments the collaborative process of a team,
automates the publication of documents in several formats for different channels (online, mobile, print...).

Which software to choose?⚓

SCENARIchain can be implemented in two ways:

For a use	Implementation	The contents are...
professional, individual	in desktop mode	stored on the local hard disk
collaborative, in an organization	in client-server mode	centralized, shared and stored on a server

For a professional individual use For a collaborative use in an organization

For your own needs, you can install a standalone Scenari desktop application:

SCENARIchain-desktop: the generic application allowing one to use all of the available document models;
MyScenari: the application offered by the Scenari Association;
a business application: OptimOffice, Opale, Dokiel.

Specific features	SCENARIchain-desktop	MyScenari - desktop application	Business application
Application	SCENARIchain-desktop	MyScenari	OptimOffice, Opale, Dokiel
Available document models	All of them	OptimOffice, Opale, Dokiel	Only one, the one from the publishing chain
Available extensions, skins	All of them	OptimOffice : SimpleSite, TileSite, All the skins (to install yourself)	Extensions of the publishing chain and the available skins
Installation mode	In two steps: Install the application Install wsppacks	In only 1 step	In only 1 step
Update	Suggested updates of the application Manual updates of the wsppacks, to your convenience.	Automated updates management	Automated updates management
	The common software, of reference, allowing to do everything	Recommended to discover and use the main Scenari publishing chains! Perfect for beginners	Relevant if you think about using only one publishing chain. Can also be a structuring mode: one application - one use.

Truc & astuce

SCENARIchain-desktop makes easier the installation of business document models (OptimOffice, Opale, Dokiel): a simple click on a link in its homepage can install the model and create your first workspace.

Conseil

The choice of an application is completely reversible!

You can transfer without difficulties your contents to another Scenari application.

You just have to make sure of the versions compatibility.

Truc & astuceMyScenari : aller plus loin avec le service en ligne⚓

For the members of the Scenari association (to join: go on the membership page of the Scenari association), MyScenari enables you to log in to an online account in order to have your own production and distribution Scenari server.

This account enables you to work on your own or with several people in the same workspace and to share your documents in a personal Scenari depot.

To organize the production of information and the publication of documents of a team, you can install Scenari in client-server mode. For this, choose:

the type of server
the client application.

Which server?⚓

SCENARIchain-serverLite is a simple server allowing to centralize the contents produced.
SCENARIchain-server brings advanced features of document management, production organization and collaboration.
SCENARIsuite-starter is a collaborative structured writingand publishing server, coupled with a documents distribution depot.

Feature	SCENARIchain-serverLite	SCENARIchain-server	SCENARIsuite-starter

Advanced management of the users, passwords and groups		✔	✔
Documents generation	✔	✔	✔
Advanced document management (history, trash, public workspace, derived workspace for adaptation or localization...)		✔	✔
Production organization (work layer workspace, workflow, scheduled tasks, life cycle, responsibilities)		✔	✔
Storage of multimedia resources			✔
Documents distribution and online sharing			✔

Which client application?⚓

Up-to-date web browser (Brave, Chrome, Chromium (Linux distributions only), Edge, Opera, Vivaldi)
SCENARIclient

Choose SCENARIclient or a web browser?⚓

Scenari editor is accessible directly from an up-to-date web browser.

You can also choose to install the SCENARIclient application which offers the same editor:

for comfort: to separate your work environment from your web browser and access directly to one or several Scenari servers, without getting lost in various tab or bookmarks;
to access additional features:
- URL control,
- the direct opening of the OpenDocument files in Libre Office,
- the integration of the spell check in the contextual menu of the application.

Truc & astuceMyScenari, a service from the association: a content production and a document distribution server⚓

If you want to benefit from collaborative and distribution features for your team, without installing a server in your organization, you can use MyScenari, a service offered to every member of the Scenari association, which includes SCENARIsuite-starter functionalities.