Web Content Management terminology

Web Content Management terminology

These common terms are used when describing IBM Lotus Web Content Management.

Elements

Elements either store Web content or generate Web content. Elements do not exist as free standing items. You store elements in "container" items.

Items
Items can be considered as "files" or "documents" and are used to store Web content, metadata and access control information. There are four item-types:

Table 1. Item types

Item type Details
Container items
(Sites, site areas, content items and components)
Sites, site areas and content items represent different sections of a site framework. You can store more than one element in sites, site areas and content items. Components store a single element-type.
Template items
(Authoring templates and presentation templates)
When creating a new content item, an authoring template must first be selected. An authoring templates defines:

which data entry fields are visible on a content item form.
the default values for each setting and field on a content item form.

A presentation template defines:

the layout of elements and components that are displayed on a Web page.
the default properties of a Web page.

Profile items
(Taxonomies and categories)
Use categories to profile certain item-types, such as content-items. A category refers to the subject matter of your content. You group categories within taxonomies.
Workflow items
(Workflows, workflow stages and workflow actions)
Use workflows to control the access to, verification and eventual approval of Web Content Management items. When creating a workflow, you select a set of workflow stages. Workflow actions are executed upon entering or exiting a workflow stage.

Site framework

A site framework is a similar concept to the "site map" of a traditional Web site. Whereas a site map is based on a directory structure or the links between pages in a Web site, a site framework consists of a set of Web Content Management items. Each site framework consists of a single site under which a set of site areas and content items are grouped.

Template maps

When a content item is rendered, the presentation template used to display the content item is determined by the current template map. A template map is defined in a site or site area and consists of a pairing of an authoring template with a presentation template.

Profiling

Use the profiling features of Web Content Management to group content items into different types of content. Content items are profiled using categories or keywords, and by locating content items under different sections of a site framework.

Workflow

A workflow is used to manage the verification process of Web Content Management items. An item is published only when it has been approved in every stage of a workflow.

Parent topic:
Plan for Web content

Item type	Details
Container items (Sites, site areas, content items and components)	Sites, site areas and content items represent different sections of a site framework. You can store more than one element in sites, site areas and content items. Components store a single element-type.
Template items (Authoring templates and presentation templates)	When creating a new content item, an authoring template must first be selected. An authoring templates defines: which data entry fields are visible on a content item form. the default values for each setting and field on a content item form. A presentation template defines: the layout of elements and components that are displayed on a Web page. the default properties of a Web page.
Profile items (Taxonomies and categories)	Use categories to profile certain item-types, such as content-items. A category refers to the subject matter of your content. You group categories within taxonomies.
Workflow items (Workflows, workflow stages and workflow actions)	Use workflows to control the access to, verification and eventual approval of Web Content Management items. When creating a workflow, you select a set of workflow stages. Workflow actions are executed upon entering or exiting a workflow stage.