OK OK CMS is just a content management system But this system must work Mainly with CONTENT. All services that CMS offers must deal with content first
Simply, if the CMS works with Structured content, it is real CMS, even if it provide for users the ability to work with presentation or WYSIWYG editor. It is passable to work with Structured content and in the same time provide for users the ability to enable them get the feel of whole page that specific content appear on it or even there ia an ability to let users manipulate the graphic content and menus. The mist importan is that the CONTENT is the core of the CMS system But if the CMS works only with Pages without the ability to handle content element, it is not CMS, It is simply type of DMS "What users need" is anthor sory, we are talking here about what is CMS, Users could need CMS or could need DMS according to thier requirments Thanks Emad Sarhan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nuno Lopes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'cms-list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:16 AM Subject: RE: [cms-list] new to list/cm - What is CMS????? > The same old questions all over again :) > The same old rants all over again :) > The same old conclusions all over again :) > :) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz > > A CMS is just that, a Content Management System. Can be the core of a > Portal, the Core of your Web Site, the Core of a Library, the Core of an > eLearning Site, the core of a Book making system, a system to manage > documents. > > What they have in common? > > Most CM systems focus on writers and editor, > syndications, integrators (the ones that provide information). They help > this people whose primary focus is to provide accessible information to > readers on multiple (1...*) devices. > > The focus is on managing human readable information. In other words, > they focus on content that readers do see explicitly. A CMS achieves > that by providing the suppliers of information with artifacts > (templates, categories, workflows, etc etc) that help them to provide > human readable information fast in a systematic fashion according to > their organization policies. > > Teel us what do you want do to do, and what do you need to do it. A CM > will not tell you that. > > Best regards, > > Nuno Lopes > > > > -- > http://cms-list.org/ > more signal, less noise. -- http://cms-list.org/ more signal, less noise.
