Content Metadata

Definition

A content metadata is a content management work product which is information that describes content such as keywords, author, expiration date, etc.

The typical objectives of content metadata are to:

The typical benefits of content metadata include:

By providing information about data, one can better search and manage that data.

The typical contents of a content metadata are:

The typical stakeholders of a content metadata are:

Producer:
- Content Management Team
Evaluator:
- TBD
Approvers:
Maintainers:
- Content Management Team
Users:
- Content Management Team, which uses the content management plan to plan and organize their tasks.

Content metadata is typically developed during the following phases:

Content metadata can typically be started if the following preconditions hold:

The content management team is adequately staffed and trained in content management planning.
An initial versions of the following documents are relatively complete and available:
The <<A href="../../../Producers/Teams/UserExperienceTeam.html">user experience team is available.

The typical inputs to content metadata include:

Work Products:
- System Requirements Specification
  (Content requirements in the data requirements section)
- Glossary
  (Informal English definitions of content types)
- Domain Model Document
  (Formal definitions of content types)
- Information Architecture Document
  (Information architecture documenting major content data components)
- Database Design Document
  (Database declarations of content types and their locations)
- Human Interface Design Document
  (Formal documentation of which data components are presented to the user)
Stakeholders:
- User Experience Team

Content metadata is typically constrained by the following conventions: