CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ABSTRACTION USING XML

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ABSTRACTION USING XML

Introduction to Content:

Computers have only recently become ubiquitous in the world of information. Traditionally, computers have been tasked with handling data. As opposed to data, which is a fairly concrete term, information is a very vague term. Just about any communication (including data) can be described as information. For the purposes of this discussion, information will be taken to mean all the common forms of recorded communication: writing, recorded sound, images, video, and animations.

Information and Content:

Content, stated as simply as possible, is information put to use. Content is whatever information you want to share, in whatever form you want to share it. Although some content is more appropriate for Content Management Systems (CMS) than others, all content can be managed in this way. Information is put to use when it is packaged and presented (published) for a specific purpose. More often than not, content is not a single “piece” of information, but a conglomeration of pieces of information put together to form a cohesive whole. A book has content, which is comprised of multiple chapters, paragraphs, and sentences. Newspapers contain content: articles, advertisements, indexes, and pictures. The newest entry to the media world, the Web, is just the same; sites are made of articles, advertisements, indexes, and pictures – all organized into a coherent presentation.


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