Content repository
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A content repository is a store of digital content with an associated set of data management, search and access methods allowing application-independent access to the content, rather like a digital library, but with the ability to store and modify content in addition to searching and retrieving. A content repository thus typically forms the technical underpinning of a content application, like a Content Management System or a Document Management System. It functions as the logical storage facility for content.[1]
Content repository features
A content repository exposes amongst other the following facilities:
- Read/write of content
- Hierarchy and sort order management
- Query / search
- Versioning
- Access control
- Import / export
- Locking
- Life-cycle management
- Retention and hold / records management
Commonly known Content Applications / Content Management Systems
- Content Management System
- Digital Asset Management
- Source Code Management
- Web Content Management System
- Document Management System
- Social collaboration
- Records Management