Many people mean different things when referring to a content management system. These solutions may include site management and design, content acquisition and workflow, personalization, localization, globalization, syndication, source control and more. Obviously, content traverses through many stages of its lifecycle. With a best of breed approach, Rhythmyx addresses all of these key areas, but focuses on the true content management stage in the content lifecycle. There are many companies who provide products to handle content creation and content delivery.
Content can also reside in corporate databases.
And of course content can be delivered via syndication and news feeds. It must be described and approved, formatted, and assembled appropriately for all of your audiences. If the content has already been created, it can be loaded into Rhythmyx. If the content has not been created, contributors can use a template to create content. In both cases, contributors describe the content by associating metadata in order to properly target the content to specific audiences.