Brilliant.

I love it, only problem with it could be something like a new employee and linking them through to the printer. That may have to be created by the admin but after that off it goes!

Posted by Nick Cliff at Dec 12, 2007 23:32


I had already visited the Simile Project before reading this page. One of those joys of the web. Open source software which surprises the user with the results. Great example to use, as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by kilroys at May 13, 2008 09:31


One concern might be the privacy of employees' personal information–especially if editing is open to all users. This is a different issue from vandalism. Adding “John Doe is a jerk” is clearly malevolent, but adding something such as marital status or age could be done with no ill intent, but could still be illegal.

Posted by Chad Swaney at May 13, 2008 11:34


Although Chad's concern strikes me as valid, the current examples above appear pretty safe to me. Anything beyond should be made clear is voluntary disclosure by the employee, such as marital status or age or certain preferences. If in doubt, check with legal counsel competent for your area.

Posted by Bernd Nurnberger at Jun 02, 2008 08:01


I have found software for corporate directory automatical creation. It can generate corporate directory from org chart, HR database (such as SAP, Oracle, LDAP, etc) and excel file. Directory can be exported to Word, PowerPoint and PDF.

http://www.orgplus.com/solutions/orgplus-for-visual-employee-directories.htm <sup></sup>

Free trial desktop version can be downloaded there: http://live.sf.orgplus.com/crm.web.forms/web/eval/WebEval-us.aspx <sup></sup>

Posted by nimnul at Sep 22, 2009 05:24