Content management or CM is a set of processes and technologies that support the evolutionary life cycle of digital information. This digital information is often referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content. Digital content may take the form of text, such as documents, multimedia files, such as audio or video files, or any other file type which follows a content lifecycle which requires management.
The digital content life cycle consists of six primary phases: create, update, publish, translate, archive and retire. For example, an instance of digital content is created by one or more authors. Over time that content may be edited. One or more individuals may provide some editorial oversight thereby approving the content for publication. Publishing may take many forms. Publishing may be the act of pushing content out to others, or simply granting digital access rights to certain content to a particular person or group of persons. Later that content may be superseded by another form of content and thus retired or removed from use.
Content management is an inherently collaborative process. It often consists of the following basic roles and responsibilities:
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eContent - A Java based system for the enterprise, including XML and other content resources, distributed authoring, version control, workflow, collaboration, multilingual and dynamic device rendering. Based on Expresso. By Jcorporate.
Enonic - Vertical Site is a platform developed in Java (J2EE) using Servlets and EJBs to create and maintain Internet solutions, combining both a portal tool and a content management system in one solution. Licensed and hosted solutions (Norway).
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eo Networks - Provide XML and J2EE based Content Management System (CAVA'CMS).
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FatWire Content Server - An J2EE-based content management product.
Jahia CMS and Portal Server - An integrated content management and corporate portal server; 100% Java based; Available under a collaborative source license (contribue or pay paradigm).
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Metro - Java based Web content publishing and content management system for small and mid-sized businesses. Works in both Windows and Linux environments.
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MillScript - A Java based implementation of the OpenSpice specification, intended for template based batch production of websites.
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Nodevision-CMS - A Content Management System developed in Java and 100 % J2EE compliant. By Nodevision.
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OpenCMS - Servlets are used to deliver HTML content created from XML templates. The whole content of the system is stored in a JDBC - compliant database. [Open Source, GPL]
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Polopoly - 100% Java Content Management. The Polopoly system is developed for rapid publishing, management and distribution of content in any number of digital channels.
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Prowler - Allows developers to access the content of heterogenous data sources via one uniform transactional XML interface to build complex web and non-web applications. [Open Source, BSD-like]
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Xitex WebContent M1 - A Web Content Management System. It allows non-technical staff to create and modify web-site content / design instantly in the web-page context online from anywhere. [Commercial]
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