IBM Lotus Web Content Management

IBM Lotus Web Content Management (or Lotus WCM) is a content management software product by IBM intended to assist in website design and maintenance.

Lotus WCM is available in two different editions, one being a Java-portlet-based system and the other based on Lotus Domino.

The Java edition is part of IBM's WebSphere family of products and is integrated with WebSphere Portal Server. The default data repository is an Apache Derby database; however, Lotus WCM can be configured to use several other data sources, including IBM's DB2 database. Lotus WCM Java Edition comes with three types of portlets:

* The "authoring portlet" is where all configuration, development and administration of a website implementing Lotus WCM is performed. This portlet allows creation, editing, workflowing and deletion of content as well as the structures that support that content, such as workflow stages, authoring templates, presentation templates etc.

* The local and remote "rendering portlets" are for displaying the content to readers. The local rendering portlet can only render from a local Lotus WCM system, whereas the remote renderer can display content from a remote server. Lotus WCM content can also be rendered through a Java servlet, meaning that its content can be displayed outside a portal.

Lotus WCM was originally known as "Aptrix", created by an independent software company called Presence Online. After IBM bought that company in 2003 [Barbara Darrow, [http://www.crn.com/it-channel/18830483 IBM Snaps Up Aptrix For Web Content Management Talents] , "CRN", July 15, 2003] , Aptrix was renamed "IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management" (abbreviated LWWCM or ILWWCM, pronounced "ill-wickem"). It was later named "IBM Workplace Web Content Management" (abbreviated IWWCM, often pronounced as "eye-wickem"). It acquired its present name with version 6.1 [IBM, [http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&htmlfid=897/ENUS208-156&appname=isource&language=enus IBM Lotus Web Content Management V6.1 adds key enhancements for building next generation Web sites] , June 24, 2008. Accessed July 21, 2008.] .

References

External links

* [http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/webcontentmanagement/ IBM Lotus Web Content Management product page]
* [http://www.ibmportal.com/ Web Content Management discussion forum]