> But, it's the antithesis of managed content. There's no reuse 
> of content. There's little opportunity to apply meta data. If 
> you have multiple sites, there's no way to let one know what 
> the other is up to via Contribute itself.
> 
> Don't get me wrong - we make heavy use of Contribute. We 
> spent a large chunk of last year working directly with the 
> engineers working out a bug that they didn't know existed 
> because they'd never encountered an organization that was 
> managing 100+ sites at a time. It certainly reduces our 
> workload and helps users control their own content.
> 
> But, _managing_ content - no, not exactly.

I suspect I have a broader definition of "managed content" than you do.
Creating a publishing workflow is managing content. Forcing the use of
templates, etc, is managing content. But that just goes to show how broad
the term "CMS" can be, that it means so many different things to so many
people.

http://www.psesd.org/weblogs/cm/archives/2003_09.html

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