Content management system

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A content management system (CMS) is the collection of procedures used to manage

work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-
based. The procedures are designed to do the following:

• Allow for a large number of people to contribute to and share stored data
• Control access to data, based on user roles (defining which information users or
user groups can view, edit, publish, etc.)
• Aid in easy storage and retrieval of data
• Reduce repetitive duplicate input
• Improve the ease of report writing
• Improve communication between users

In a CMS, data can be defined as nearly anything: documents, movies, pictures, phone
numbers, scientific data, and so forth. CMSs are frequently used for storing, controlling,
revising, semantically enriching, and publishing documentation. Serving as a central
repository, the CMS increases the version level of new updates to an already existing file.
Version control is one of the primary advantages of a CMS.

Contents
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• 1 Enterprise content management systems

• 2 Web content management systems
• 3 Web group content management systems
• 4 Component content management system
• 5 See also

• 6 References

[edit] Enterprise content management systems

Main article: Enterprise content management
An enterprise content management system (ECM) is content, documents, details and
records related to the organizational processes of an enterprise. The purpose and result is
to manage the organization's unstructured information content, with all its diversity of
format and location. The system manages the content related commercial organizations.

[edit] Web content management systems

Main article: Web content management system

A web content management (WCM) system is a CMS designed to simplify the

publication of web content to web sites and mobile devices — in particular, allowing
content creators to create, submit and manage contents without requiring technical
knowledge of any Web Programming Languages or Markup Languages such as HTML
or the uploading of files.[1]

Several web-based content management systems exist both in the Open Source and
commercial domains.

[edit] Web group content management systems

The web group content management system (mostly known as GMS) is very similar to
the WCM, with the main difference being the fulfillment of some specific requirements.
These requirements aim to satisfy the needs of groups or small organizations that often
have difficulty managing their online image, communicate with their members, plan
events, set schedules and assign tasks to internal projects. Typically these tasks are
distributed by different tools and the GMS unifies them into one.

[edit] Component content management system

Main article: Component content management system

In a component content management system (CCMS), the content is stored and managed
at the sub-document (or component) level for greater content reuse.

CMS has five main functions:

1. Maintaining Security
2. Managing Objects
3. Managing Servers
4. Managing Auditing
5. Maintaining Report