Content Doesn’t Manage Itself:
Knowledge Workers & Content Management

Opening Words…

Agenda

1. Good Native XML Systems are built on
XML Authoring

Example of a Digital Asset

Digital Asset with Associated Metadata

View of Underlying XML

What Can Metadata Be Used for?

Why XML Is Important

XML is not used for Formatting

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2. Negative Perceptions of XML Authoring

Negative Perceptions—XML is too hard

XML Authoring Tools are too hard

XML Markup itself is too hard

XML metadata is too time consuming

Difficult to view final output(s)

3. Benefits of adding XML early in the Information Life Cycle

Benefits to authoring community

Benefits to IS/IT community

Benefits to the user community

What to Look for in a Content Management System

4. What kind of database best suits XML content?

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Features of a Native XML DMS

5. Some final advice

Data acquisition and authoring

Management

Access

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GEMt User Interface

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X.Systems Information

Thank you!

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