Patent ID: 7325193

Claim:
A method of managing content in a content-controlled database, the method comprising: (a) 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; (b) 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; and (c) 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 (d) initiating an update review process 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.