There are many forms of content management. However for the purposes of this section we are referring to that related to online websites.

1. Web-based publishing . Documents and other forms of information can be disseminated by authorized individuals. Page templates, wizards, and other software aids help inexperienced content authors to produce higher-quality output. Data useful on intranet, extranet, and ecommerce Internet sites, for example, can automatically be re-purposed and co-ordinated for the multiple destinations.

2. Format management . Data can automatically be converted into formats suitable for Web publishing such as HTML PDF. Legacy electronic documents, or even scanned paper documents, can be unified into a few common formats that are more easily shared with third parties.