E-library site
An online library site is dedicated to providing access to a large amount of content. The prime example is a news site, where new content is created throughout the day, every day of the week and is published online and then archived as it becomes out of date. Other examples include journals, analyst reports, and software libraries.
Users would typically have to register for these sites, and may then be sent e-mails on a regular basis summarizing the latest content. On a news site the latest news may be free, but users may have to pay for access to archived content. On other types of "library" sites, we may have to pay for access to any of the content.
A number of components are used together to deliver an e-library site:
- WebSphere Portal is used to provide a platform for the integration of content and applications that form the e-business site.
- The overall theme and top-level navigation of the intranet is also managed using WebSphere Portal.
- Web Content Manager provides the micro-level layout of the content within the site, and is also used to directly build content.
- For e-libraries where the content is presented as documents, then IBM FileNet Content Manager would be used to store and manage the documents.
- A custom feed producer would be written to allow the Web Content Integrator to consume a feed from IBM FileNet Content Manager and Web Content Manager would be used to present the documents in a website.
An e-library site may have a large audience and a large amount of content.
Parent Types of websitesRelated concepts:
Design and set up a portal site
Road map to building a web content system
IBM Web Content Integrator
Related information
FileNet Content Manager