subject: What is Content Management System? [print this page] From the time I have heard of Content Management System, I use to wonder what it is. Read articles over the net and discussed with people and final the concept became clear to me. But you don't have to go through lots of articles like me since I bring you easy to understand content on Content Management System (content management systeem).
Content Management System, stated long back as a course of giving out information which was important to an organization. Similarly, intranet content management engrosses distribution of information using the private computer networks and associated software of intranets or extranets as a primary communication tool. In today's "information civilization," where the large amount of data and the pace of communication continue to increase, the goal of effective content management continues to gain importance.
Present structure of content management system takes a webmaster-centered approach. This approach is dedicated to the time of appointed individuals to the task of manually reviewing, sometimes re-formatting, and releasing content and supporting software to a website. This approach may be satisfactory for some intranets, but in general, the expectations and technology of intranets have evolved in recent years to an extent that makes this approach much less appealing.
Today there are lots many things for which Content Management Systems (content management systeem) are used for. Here are some:
Data management
Web Life-Cycle Management
Web Templating
Personalization
Syndication
Digital Rights Management
At the end we can say in general, that the effective content management systems support an organization's business processes for obtaining, sorting, systematizing, and controlling access to information.
