[Sigia-l] CMS and IA

[Ann Rockley]

At 11:22 AM 1/29/2003 -0500, Peter VanDijck wrote:

>Categorization structures. Most CMS's force you into a certain structure
>of categorization. Often a really simple one ("sections" or
>"categories"). In my mind, a CMS should separate the categorization from
>the content - and provide flexible categorization tools that can tie in
>with different front ends. I know that's kinda vague, I'd be happy to
>discuss this in a more practical way.

I agree wholeheartedly. To make the most effective use of content, we need 
to store content objects. If we store content objects we need a way of 
finding those objects which means a way of adding effective metadata to 
them. Categorizing content at the section or category level is insufficient.


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