Types of Content Management Systems
A content management system is the group of actions used to manage work flow in a mutual environment. The content management system is system that categorizes and smooth’s the progress of creating a shared content.
The five main functions of content management systems are:
• Security
• Objects
• Servers
• Auditing
• Report
The content management system is of three types usually. They are
1. Web content management system
2. Enterprise content management system
3. Component content management system
Web content management system:
• A web content management system is system software that provides designed tools such as authoring, association, and management for users with basic programming skills.
• It is simply a tool for non technical users to create and manage website, and make possible document control, editing, review, timeline administration etc.
Enterprise content management system:
• Enterprise content management system is a strategic tool used to capture, manage, store, preserve and deliver the content and files that contains organizational unstructured data associated with organizational process.
• ECM emerged out converging both document management system and web content management system.
• ECM mainly focuses at managing the document or content from the initial publication, archival, till disposal.
• ECM simplifies the storage, security, version control, process routing, and retention to the management of corporate data.
Component content management system:
• A component management system allows user to manage content at the component level rather than document level. Components stand for a single topic, concept or an asset.
• Each component is only stored once in the content management system. Components are collected together as a multiple content types and can be viewed as long-established traditional documents.
• Component management system reuses the component to spin the document and create a new content.
• The translation is made easier in component management system. Every components has its life-cycle which can be accessed individual or as a part of the content types.
• For ex: single phrase are often considered components, so if one is translated then it is translated across the database.
• The advantages of managing contents at components are because of its greater consistency and accuracy, reduced maintenance, delivery and translational costs.