Patent ID: 8132092

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor to manage content in a content-controlled database by: linking a content management record to a content item to be incorporated into a content-controlled database, the content management record storing content management information associated with the content item; processing the content item through a plurality of stages of a content management process, including updating the content management information stored in the content management record during each stage of the content management process, wherein the plurality of stages includes at least one review stage during which approval of the content item is obtained; promoting the content item as a result of the content management process such that the content item is user accessible from the content-controlled database, including updating the content management information stored in the content management record to indicate that the content item has been promoted; and initiating an update review process to re-certify the content item after the content item has been promoted, wherein initiating the update review process includes initiating demotion of the content item a time period after the update review process has been initiated if the update review process has not yet been completed.