A few years back I read Bob Boiko‘s Content Management Bible. As a technologist, I loved the detail and highly recommend it for anyone getting into content modelling and XML.
However, if content modelling is to be embraced by everyone we need to bring it up a level. A content model is communications tool for intelligent content. It’s for multi-disciplinary project teams. We have to separate the how (database, XML, CMS) from the what (content types and their inter-relationships). Less XML and database speak, initially, and more boxes and arrows. This will help people get to grips with content modeling. Today, people are avoiding it. It’s not clicking with them. Even worse, it’s falling to technologists to fill in the business gaps.
The good news is that there are more and more people, with different perspectives, talking intelligently about content modeling:
- Stephen Gracey‘s content strategist’s view on content modelling.
- Ann Rockleys’s book on Managing Enterprise Content.
- Rachel Lovinger’s tutorial on metadata and article on content modelling as a master skill.
- Sara Wachter-Boettcher’s call for responsive-ready content.
- Joe Gollner’s content engineering view on content modelling
- Noz Urbina talks about content modelling for adaptive content
Content Modelling Slideshares
- Content Modelling for Personalisation (Half Day Workshop 2016)
- Content Modelling for Personalisation (Half Day Workshop 2015)
- Content Modelling for Personalisation (Full Day Workshop)
- Why Content Model?
- And a search across slideshare reveals plenty more…
