Content Management

Abstract

The idea behind both content management systems and document management systems is to support the management of pieces of information over their whole lifecycle. While document management systems deal with complete documents, content management systems typically handle smaller chunks of information which are then joined together as needed. The focus of document management is primarily on providing efficient access to existing documents rather than on manipulating what is inside of those documents. Content management is also concerned with creating and editing smaller pieces of content, and with dynamically creating documents from those pieces.