Information Concepts for Content Management

Content delivery is rapidly emerging as a complex systems domain concerned with multi-channel, multi-format publication of information across user and application domains. A variety of content management solutions have been developed in response to these challenges based on, not only differing technologies, but also heterogeneous approaches. However, none of these present a solution that is both sufficient and consistent. Here we present an analysis of requirements leading to a general model of the information concepts central to content management. This model is the basis for a web content management solution currently under development.