A content management system (CMS) is computer software used to manage the creation and modification of digital content.
CMS Types
There are different types of CMS:
- Web Content Management (WCM)
- Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
- Digital Asset Management (DAM)
- Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Web Content Management
Web Content Management (WCM) is software for collaborative authoring of public web content.
You can read this post about WCM.
Examples of WCM are WordPress and Joomla.
Enterprise Content Management
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is software to manage the scanning, storage, organization, collaboration and retrieval of digital documents.
You can read this post about ECM.
Examples of ECM are Alfresco Content Services, OpenKM and Nuxeo.
Digital Asset Management
Digital Asset Management (DAM) is software to manage a broad variety of digital assets. DAM systems are often used by media companies to catalog, annotate, store, retrieve and distribute audio, video, animations and other digital media content.
Digital Experience Platform
Digital Experience platform (DXP) is software to create content for every digital channel available today, as well as improve business operations through digitization and integration.
Content Management Interoperability
This section is about interoperability of content management.
Content Management Interoperability Standards
CMI standards:
- CMIS
CMIS
Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is a standard that allows different content management systems to inter-operate over the Internet
It is an open standard.
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External References
- Wikipedia community; “Content management system“; Wikipedia