Real World Content Modeling

• Introduction
  Less Theory, More Reality • Why Content Modeling Matters •
• About this Guide
  Who This Book is For • Web vs. Other Channels • On Definitions • Adjacent Disciplines • How This Book is Structured •
• How a CMS Helps (Or Hinders) Your Content Model
  The Theoretical Basis for Content Modeling • The Benefits a Content Model Offers •
• The Anatomy of a Content Model
  Attributes • Types • Types vs. Objects •
• Criteria #1: What is the built-in content model?
  The Default Editorial UI Often Reflects the Model •
• What's the difference between built-in and custom?
• Criteria #2: Can the built-in model be extended with custom content types?
  Content vs. Metadata •
• Opinionated Software
• Criteria #3: What built-in attribute types are available?
  Types and Editor Experience • Common Attribute Settings • Editorial Elements •
• How Content Is Stored
• Criteria #4: How is content represented in the API?
  Object Oriented Programming • Attribute Typing • Programming Logic •
• Criteria #5: How can attribute values be validated?
  Required Attributes • What Is No Value? • Logical Validation Rules • Regular Expressions • The Timing of Validation • Default Values • Rule Precedence and Conflicts •
• Criteria #6: How is the model supported in the editorial interface?
  Element Labeling • Interface Elements • UI Organization • Error Messages • Element Suppression • Content Findability •
• Criteria #7: Can an attribute value be a reference to another object?
  Referential Integrity • Uni-directional vs Bi-directional References • Relational Content Modeling UI • Content Selection and Permissions • Type Limitations • Composite Modeling •
• Let's Evaluate the Current Level of Functionality
• Criteria #8: Can an attribute value be an embedded content object?
  Validation and Repetition • Typed vs. Custom Attributes •
• Criteria #9: Can custom validation rules be built?
  Server vs. Client Validation • Custom Validation Needs •
• Criteria #10: Can custom attribute types be created?
  A Custom Attribute Example • API Support for Custom Attributes •
• Criteria #11: Can attribute values repeat?
  Repeating Attribute Values • The Universality of Repeating Values • Repetition Validation • Repeating Attribute Sets • Ordering and Ordinal Manipulation •
• Criteria #12: Can types be formed through inheritance or composition?
  Type Inheritance • Limitations of Hierarchical Inheritance • Type Composition • Type Dependencies and Abstract Types •
• Criteria #13: Can content objects be organized into a hierarchy?
  Objects vs. Folders • Editorial UI and Object Trees • Multi-Positional Content Trees • Typed Trees • Hierarchical-Based Functionality • Cascading Values • Content Trees and Websites •
• Criteria #14: Can content objects inherit from other content objects?
  Channel-Specific Derived Objects • Localization and Personalization • Voiding Values in Derived Objects • Hacking Object Inheritance •
• Criteria #15: What is the relationship between "pages" and "content"?
  The Operative Content Object • Pages vs Content • Coupling Models • Non-Addressable Content •
• Criteria #16: Can access to types and attributes be limited by user permissions?
  Singleton Types • Type Permissions • Attribute Permissions • Attribute Permissions and Templating •
• Criteria #17: How can rich text fields be structured?
  Using Structured Rich Text to Limit Types • Stacking vs. Embedding • Structured Elements vs. HTML Structures •
• Criteria #18: What options are available for dynamic page composition?
  Zones and Elements • Zone Placement • Page Composition and the Page Model • Template Composition •
• Criteria #19: What aggregation structures are available to organize content?
  Internal vs. External Structure • Categories and Taxonomies • Categories As Content • Tagging • Menus, Lists, and Collections •
• What Is and Isn't Considered "Content"?
• Criteria #20: How can types be changed after object creation?
  Common Type Changes • Type Conversions • Metadata Retention and Type Conversions •
• Criteria #21: How does the system model file assets?
  Assets as Content • Assets as Attribute Values • The Utility of Modeling Assets as Content • Assets and Delivery Contexts • Usage and Access Patterns of Assets • Digital Asset Management Systems •
• Criteria #22: By what method is the content model actually defined?
  UI vs. Code Model Definitions • Model Definition and Development Operations • Propagating Model Changes •
• Criteria #23: How does the system's API support the model?
  Event-Based Programming • Webhooks • Event Programming and Versioning • Supplemental Indexing • Repository Abstraction • Content Synchronization • Content Model Reflection • Recursive Content Models •
• Conclusion
• Postscript: Thoughts on Model Interoperability
• About the Author