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What is metadata in WCM?

Written by James Robertson, published February 10, 2010

Categorised under: Content management, Information architecture

Deane Barker asks the question: what is metadata in content management systems? To quote:

I going to try and impugn one of the great concepts of content management: metadata. I’m going to argue that in the world of Web content management (WCM), it doesn’t really exist. Well, it might, but if it does, it’s awfully slippery to define and defining it doesn’t give you much value anyway.

Tags: content management systems, metadata

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    James Robertson James Robertson is the Managing Director of Step Two Designs, the global thought leaders on intranets, headquartered in Sydney, Australia. James is the author of What every intranet team should know and Designing intranets: creating sites that work. He has keynoted conferences around the globe. (Email James or follow him on Twitter: @s2d_jamesr)

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