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, but with the ability to store and modify content in addition to searching and retrieving. The content repository acts as the storage engine for a larger application such as a

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or a

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, which adds a

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on top of the repository's

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Advantages provided by repositories

*Common rules for data access allow many applications to work with the same content without interrupting the data. *They give out signals when changes happen, letting other applications using the repository know that something has been modified, which enables collaborative data management. *Developers can deal with data using programs that are more compatible with the desktop programming environment. *The data model is scriptable when users use a content repository.

Content repository features

A content repository may provide functionality such as: * Add/edit/delete content * Hierarchy and sort order management * Query / search * Versioning * Access control * Import / export * Locking * Life-cycle management * Retention and holding / records management

Examples

* Apache Jackrabbit * ModeShape

Applications

Content management Content management (CM) are a set of processes and technologies that support the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. When stored and accessed via computers, this information may be more specifically referre ...

Document management A document management system (DMS) is usually a computerized system used to store, share, track and manage files or documents. Some systems include history tracking where a log of the various versions created and modified by different users is r ...

* Digital asset management *

Records management Records management, also known as records and information management, is an organizational function devoted to the information management, management of information in an organization throughout its records life-cycle, life cycle, from the time of ...

Revision control Version control (also known as revision control, source control, and source code management) is the software engineering practice of controlling, organizing, and tracking different versions in history of computer files; primarily source code ...

* Social collaboration * Web content management

Standards and specification

* Content repository API for Java *

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* Content Management Interoperability Services

References

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External links

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