A content management
system (CMS) is a computer software system
for organizing and facilitating collaborative
creation of documents and other content.
Content management systems are crucial
in organizing a variety of data so that
it benefits the business as a whole and
increases profitability. A content management
system is frequently a web application
used for managing websites and web content,
though in many cases, content management
systems require special client software
for editing and constructing articles.Some
businesses need them to help organize
transactions, others need them for managing
data put on the web, still others need
content management systems to organize
and classify all the documents and content
of a company. .
There are several recognized
types of content management systems:
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• Web content management
systems assist in automating various aspects of
web publishing, can be used to create information
portals which serve as the backbone of data management.
Along with the database handling facilities, the
software modules also allows anyone to contribute
information to a website via a graphical user
interface (GUI).
• Transactional content management systems
(T-CMS) assist in managing e-commerce transactions.
• Integrated content management systems
(I-CMS) assist in managing enterprise documents
and content.
• Publications management systems (P-CMS)
assist in managing the publications (manuals,
books, help, guidelines, references) content life
cycle.
• Learning management systems (L-CMS) assist
in managing the web-based learning content life
cycle. See also managed learning environment.
• Document imaging systems are also generally
considered under the family of general content
management.
• Enterprise content management systems
(E-CMS) vary in their functionality. Some support
both the web and publications content life cycle,
while others support the web content life cycle
and either transactional content or customer relationship
management content. The ECM concept is not restricted
to web based technologies but includes client/server
and hosted / On-demand solutions.
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