Content Management

Content management is the process of supporting the life cycle of digital information, through updating information, removing redundant data and verifying content reliability.

Content management is the responsibility of a number of people. First and foremost the creator of the content, who creates and edits the content; secondly the Editor, responsible for modifying the content to suit the target audience. The Publisher releases the content for public use. The Administrator is responsible for managing access rights o the content, as well as technical support for users. Consumers are the final group responsible for content management, by viewing the content, they can determine whether it is correct or up to date, and inform the administrator of any issues of content management.

A content management system is a set of automated processes responsible for the following actions:
Creation and import of content
Identification of the key users of the content and their roles in the system
Assigning roles and responsibilities to the various content categories
Tracking and managing multiple versions of a single piece of content
Defining workflow tasks
Alerting content managers to changes in content
Publishing content to a server or website to enable users to access the content.

4 Open Source content managers include:
Drupal; http://www.drupal.org/
Exponent CMS; http://www.exponentcms.org/
Mambo; http://www.mamboserver.com/
Silva; http://www.infrae.com/products/silva