R: [Sigia-l] CMS and IA

[Ann Rockley]

>Possible solutions? I think software houses could conceive CMSs not as
>closed boxes, but let the possibility to IAs or others to integrate CMS with
>a specific ad hoc categorization/semantic layer.
>Most of famous CMSs, at the opposite, are just built as a closed room,
>causing a lot of problem also in the field of system integration,
>customization and content accessibility.

At this point in time most CMS are "closed boxes" as you say. There are a 
new breed of content management tools, known as content management 
integrators that do just that, sit between a number of content management 
systems and build an integrated view of the metadata so that content can be 
accessed from any CMS through the integrator. These serve a purpose when 
organizations already have existing CMS' in house and want to share content 
between them. It would; however, be nice to have the ability to purchase 
one CMS to meet all the organizational needs. Maybe too much to hope for, 
however.