Content Management Bible

Content Management is an industry that is already a billion dollar plus in size. The market, however, is highly defragmented. You have Enterprise Content Management solution vendors such as Vignette, Interwoven, Documentum and SAP on one side. And you have the mid-sized commercial vendors such as CityDesk on other. Moreover, there exist a number of Open Source solutions such as Plone, WordPress and Mambo. In addition, there are several vendors writing CMS solutions for specific needs. However, the principles behind Content Management are largely the same.<br /><br />Content Management Bible written by Bob Boiko does a fine job of exploring the concepts. It does not talk of any specific CMS system or platform. It explores the ideas that you need to understand as you build an enterprise class CMS. The book devotes several chapters to some of the underlying principles, which lays a solid foundation as you explore the content management territory.<br /><br />This book is not meant for a programmer, as you will hardly see any code. It is meant for an Information Architect or Project Leader trying to come into terms with the dynamic world of CMS. The reader is taught to think like a publisher and the book trains the reader to design workflow systems so essential to a CMS. The book leaves no topic uncovered and provides you with details of every aspect, from XML integration to databases. If you are a developer taking a keen interest in CMS or are planning to be involved in a CMS project, pick this title today.