A content management system (CMS) is a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based. The procedures are designed to:

    * Allow for a large number of people to contribute to and share stored data

    * Control access to data, based on user roles. User roles define what information each user can view or edit

    * Aid in easy storage and retrieval of data

    * Reduce repetitive duplicate input

    * Improve the ease of report writing

    * Improve communication between users

In a CMS, data can be defined as almost anything - documents, movies, pictures, phone numbers, scientific data, etc. CMSs are frequently used for storing, controlling, revising, semantically enriching, and publishing documentation. Content that is controlled is industry-specific. For example, entertainment content differs from the design documents for a fighter jet. There are various terms for systems (related processes) that do this. Examples are web content management, digital asset management, digital records management and electronic content management. Synchronization of intermediate steps, and collation into a final product are common goals of each.

Types of CMS

There are six main categories of CMS, with their respective domains of use:
    * Enterprise CMS (ECMS)
    * Web CMS (WCMS)
    * Document management system (DMS)
    * Mobile content management system
    * Component content management system
    * Media content management system

Web content management systems

A web content management (WCM) system is a CMS designed to simplify the publication of web content to web sites and mobile devices, in particular, allowing content creators to submit content without requiring technical knowledge of HTML or the uploading of files. It  is a collection of tools which allow you to create, modify and remove information from your website. A website using CMS can be easily updated and maintained by web users having little or no knowledge of web design, web development, or web programming. With the help of Content Management Systems, websites now mean more than and . In today’s world, open source has provided so much for the users and community. In fact, there are a numerous organizations offering open source content management systems. These sources are for the people by the people and to the people.

This is a list of popular content management systems in alphabetical order.

• CMS Made Simple
• dotCMS
• DotNetNuke
• Drupal
• eZ Publish
• ImpressCMS
• Joomla!
• Mambo
• MemHT
• MiaCMS
• mojoPortal
• Plone
• SilverStripe
• TYPOlight
• Umbraco
• Wordpress
• XOOPS

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