Content Management Bible (2nd Ed.)

In this 2nd edition of the industry’s best-selling book on content management, recognized CMS expert Bob Boiko guides readers through the confusing, and often intimidating task of building, implementing, running, and managing a content management system. Based on his extensive work in creating content management systems for companies such as Microsoft, Boeing, and Motorola, the 2nd edition has been updated for recent developments in online delivery systems and XML and related technologies.

Table of contents :
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: What Is Content?
· Defining Data, Information, and Content
· Content Has Format
· Content Has Structure.
· Functionality Is Content, Too!
· But What Is Content Really?
Part II: What Is Content Management?
· Understanding Content Management
· Introducing the Major Parts of a CMS
· Knowing When You Need a CMS
· Component Management versus Composition Management
· The Roots of Content Management
· The Branches of Content Management
Part III: Doing Content Management Projects
· Doing CM Projects Simply
· Staffing a CMS
· Working within the Organization
· Getting Ready for a CMS
· Securing a Project Mandate
· Doing Requirements Gathering
· Doing Logical Design
· Selecting Hardware and Software
· Implementing the System
· Rolling Out the System
Part IV: Designing a CMS
· Designing a CMS Simply
· The Wheel of Content Management
· Working with Metadata
· Cataloging Audiences
· Designing Publications
· Designing Content Types
· Accounting for Authors
· Accounting for Acquisition Sources
· Designing Content Access Structures
· Designing Templates
· Designing Personalization
· Designing Workflow and Staffing Models
Part V: Building a CMS
· Building a CMS Simply
· What Are Content Markup Languages?
· XML and Content Management
· Processing Content
· Building Collection Systems
· Building Management Systems
· Building Publishing Systems
Appendix: Epilogue
Index

Market Description :
This title is a must have for readers who have felt the pain of too much content and not enough system to handle it. For those who are faced with helping to create a large Web site, portal, online catalog, ordering system, or other publication types for the first time, this work can help them come at the problem in a coherent and reasoned way.

About Author :
Bob Boiko is a consultant and University of Washington professor with 15 years of experience creating Web, hypertext and multimedia systems and tools. One of the leading experts in content management systems, Bob has provided solutions to companies such as Microsoft, Motorola, Lexis Nexis, Boeing and Cahners among others.
After its discovery by the University of Washington, the first edition of his Content Management Bible is now the basis for a 3-course, graduate-level sequence in content management.