Web Content Manager terminology

Web Content Manager terminology
These common terms are used when describing IBM Web Content Manager.

Web content portlets

The following portlets are used in a Web Content Manager system.

Portlet type Details
Web content authoring portlet The authoring portlet is used to create and manage web content items.
Web content viewer portlets Web content viewer portlets are used to deliver web content within Portal pages.
Administration portlet The administration portlet is used to create and manage web content libraries, define and manage syndication relationships and define and manage Web Content Integrator feeds.

Web content libraries

A web content library is used to store has a set of web content items. You assign library-level access controls to determine the default level of access to the items in the library and define the default access to the authoring portlet of different users and groups.

Elements

Elements either store web content or generate web content. Elements do not exist as free standing items. You store elements in "container" web content items. For example, menu and navigator elements are used to generate links between web pages. HTML and rich text elements are used to store HTML. Some element types can be stored in site areas, content items and components. Other can only be stored as components.

Item types

Items can be considered as "files" or "documents" and are used to store web content, metadata and access control information.

Item type Examples Details
Container items Site areas, content items and components Site areas and content items represent different sections of a site framework. We can store more than one element in site areas and content items. Components store a single element-type.
Folders Folders are used to group sets of item-types within the different item-type views in the authoring portlet.
Template items Authoring templates and presentation templates When creating a new content item or site area, an authoring template must first be selected.
An authoring templates defines:

which data entry fields are visible on an item form.

the default values for each setting and field on an 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.

When a content item or site area is rendered, the presentation template used to display the item is determined by the current template map. A template map is defined in a site area and consists of a pairing of an authoring template with a presentation template.
Profile items Taxonomies and categories We use categories to profile certain item-types, such as content-items. A category refers to the subject matter of your content. Group categories within taxonomies.
Change management items Projects, workflows, workflow stages and workflow actions We use workflows to control the access to, verification and eventual approval of Web Content Manager items. When creating a workflow, we select has a set of workflow stages. Workflow actions are executed upon entering or exiting a workflow stage.
Projects are used to manage changes to has a set of items. Not until all items in a project have been approved and made ready to publish will all the items in a project be published to the live site.

Site framework

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

Portlet type	Details
Web content authoring portlet	The authoring portlet is used to create and manage web content items.
Web content viewer portlets	Web content viewer portlets are used to deliver web content within Portal pages.
Administration portlet	The administration portlet is used to create and manage web content libraries, define and manage syndication relationships and define and manage Web Content Integrator feeds.

Item type	Examples	Details
Container items	Site areas, content items and components	Site areas and content items represent different sections of a site framework. We can store more than one element in site areas and content items. Components store a single element-type.
Folders		Folders are used to group sets of item-types within the different item-type views in the authoring portlet.
Template items	Authoring templates and presentation templates	When creating a new content item or site area, an authoring template must first be selected. An authoring templates defines: which data entry fields are visible on an item form. the default values for each setting and field on an 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. When a content item or site area is rendered, the presentation template used to display the item is determined by the current template map. A template map is defined in a site area and consists of a pairing of an authoring template with a presentation template.
Profile items	Taxonomies and categories	We use categories to profile certain item-types, such as content-items. A category refers to the subject matter of your content. Group categories within taxonomies.
Change management items	Projects, workflows, workflow stages and workflow actions	We use workflows to control the access to, verification and eventual approval of Web Content Manager items. When creating a workflow, we select has a set of workflow stages. Workflow actions are executed upon entering or exiting a workflow stage. Projects are used to manage changes to has a set of items. Not until all items in a project have been approved and made ready to publish will all the items in a project be published to the live site.