Howdy Alexis,

Are hosted services an option?

No matter which path you take, you need to think about what relationships
the system needs to express, how people need to interact with the system,
and how you'll get everything into and out of the system since nothing
lasts forever.  Tracking horse pedigrees is a specialized type of records
management that software designed primarily for library use cases and
exhibits would be poorly suited for.

My gut reaction would be to focus on genealogy software as that seems
likely to support the use case and behaviors you need. A commercially
supported wiki or CMS could nominally work, though I expect that getting
info in/out plus the futz factor associated with adapting general purpose
tools to support what you need might approach building an app from scratch.

kyle

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Alexis Adkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
>
> We are at the mercy of the university's IT department and they do not
> allow open source software.
>
> Thanks!
> Alexis
>
> --
>   Alexis Adkins
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> > Date:    Sat, 4 Feb 2017 22:06:10 -0600
> > From:    Kevin Hawkins <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Software suggestions for horse pedigrees
> >
> > For your first criterion, did you really mean to say that you need
> > software that is NOT open source?  That is, you must have closed-source
> > software?  I'm especially confused because wikis and CMSes often run on
> > open-source software.  --Kevin
> >
> > On 2/4/17 6:47 PM, Alexis Adkins wrote:
> > > **apologies for cross-posting**
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I’m looking for software suggestions for a project to track horse
> > > pedigrees. Criteria: 1) Not open source; 2) Can have photographs of
> > > horse with its entry; 3) Easy to navigate user interface that is
> > > ideally aesthetically pleasing; 4) Compatible with Mac.
> > >
> > > Most horse pedigrees online seem to be built with simple database
> > > software and don’t include photos. We are thinking a wiki, or CMS
> > > like Omeka, but perhaps genealogy software would suit our needs?
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >