Carlos E. Perez writes:
What is a Content Management System anyway? A reader pointed out the “blurry” distinction between a Portal and a CMS. So, I did a bit of googling and found these two pieces from cmswatch.
The ideal CMS should support the content production and the content delivery space, specifically:
Content Production Phase
- Role Management
- Authoring & Transformation
- Aggregation
- Library Services
- Metadata Management
- Workflow
- Localization
- Promotion Path
Content Delivery Phase
- Page Assembly
- Index & Site Search
- Personalization
- Caching & Replication
- Syndication
- Output to Alternate Formats
- Vending
A CMS should offer at least 4 and ideally 5 of the following attributes:
- Authoring and/or Transformation Services
- Repository Services
- Workflow Engine
- Templating Engine
- Promotion and Distribution Services
So, according to the last list above, it would seem that Movable Type meets the requirements to be considered a CMS.
