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<h2 id="advantages-provided-by-repositories">Advantages provided by repositories</h2> <ul><li>Common rules for data access allow many applications to work with the same content without interrupting the data.</li> <li>They give out signals when changes happen, letting other applications using the repository know that something has been modified, which enables collaborative data management.</li> <li>Developers can deal with data using programs that are more compatible with the desktop programming environment.</li> <li>The data model is scriptable when users use a content repository.</li></ul> <h2 id="content-repository-features">Content repository features</h2> <p>A content repository may provide functionality such as: </p> <ul><li>Add/edit/delete content</li> <li>Hierarchy and sort order management</li> <li>Query / search</li> <li>Versioning</li> <li>Access control</li> <li>Import / export</li> <li>Locking</li> <li>Life-cycle management</li> <li>Retention and holding / records management</li></ul> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Apache_Jackrabbit/UXINdzsY">Apache Jackrabbit</a></li> <li>ModeShape</li></ul> <h2 id="applications">Applications</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Content_management/gV2Ej9ns">Content management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Document_management_system/cgmjwyKV">Document management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Digital_asset_management/cfnfD2Ns">Digital asset management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Records_management/TFtnlxYB">Records management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Revision_control/pxCmFXqK">Revision control</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Social_collaboration/V15awV6I">Social collaboration</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Web_content_management_system/F56h1HF6">Web content management</a></li></ul> <h2 id="standards-and-specification">Standards and specification</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Content_repository_API_for_Java/oPQaJuwr">Content repository API for Java</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/WebDAV/kwPgWnHD">WebDAV</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Content_Management_Interoperability_Services/7L0UN1Pg">Content Management Interoperability Services</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Information_repository/P5x77e39">Information repository</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Content_(media)/eW5vd3Dr">Content (media)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://db-engines.com/en/ranking/content+store">DB-Engines Ranking of Content Stores</a> by popularity, updated monthly</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Content Repository Design, ACS Content Repository, OpenACS.org. <a href="http://openacs.org/doc/acs-content-repository/design.html" target="_blank">http://openacs.org/doc/acs-content-repository/design.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>