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Abstract

There are cases where we might need to manage content beyond the capability of a CMS Solution. Component Content Management System (CCMS) lets you manage content at a component level by providing capability of managing content at granular levels. Here content is created in the form of components.

What is a component in CCMS?
A component is a piece of structured & self-contained content. It can contain a single word, a series of paragraphs, an image, table, or a video. The components are written in a modular manner without any style dependency. Component manages the relationships and associations and tracks all its usage and status.

Metadata is the one piece which makes a component more efficient. Components also enhances the way of content publishing to multi channels effortlessly.

What are some of the common use cases of a CCMS?

Some of the major usecases of a CCMS are given below,

Product/Technical documentation
Help & Support Content
Datasheets/Data booklet
Policies and procedures
Long-form marketing content

CMS Vs CCMS
CMS usually store content as pages or documents. But CCMS manage content as individual paragraphs and words.
CCMS helps distribution of granular content by enabling re-use of the content instead of re-writing or copy/paste.
It helps multi-channel publish to any output or system while providing content analytics with a built in security.
Translation capabilities are one of the major feature in any CCMS.

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