Creating content
You can create new objects from templates or from an existing object, you can modify objects in the repository or in local storage, update properties, and compare versions of an object.
- Creating a new object from a template
Content Manager data is stored in objects in the database. You can create new objects for XML data from the Publication Manager, from your authoring tool, or when assembling the map. - Creating a new object based on an existing object
Content Manager data is stored in objects in the database. You can create new objects to store new XML data from the Publication Manager, from your authoring tool, or when assembling the map. This method of creating an object results in a copy of the template and the contents of the existing object into the new object. You can then modify the new object, independent of the existing one. - Checking out objects
Checking out an object provides you with write access to the object. You check out an object from the repository and modify it in your authoring tool. - Opening XML objects in read-only mode
Read-only mode allows you to access the data in an object as a reference, or from which to copy data. You cannot modify objects opened in read only mode. - Checking out XML objects that are in read-only mode
Objects in read only mode cannot be modified in your authoring tool. You must check out the object to modify it. - Checking in objects
Checking in an object saves the data in the repository. Checking in data ensures that the repository contains the most up-to-date version of the object. - Updating properties
The properties are the metadata stored in the repository with an object. It is information about the object, typically defined when you create an object, and can be modified or updated after object creation. - Comparing versions
Objects may have a number of changes or modifications that are stored in different versions of the object. You can compare and display the differences between versions to determine what changes were made or, for example, to verify you have the correct version of data at publication time.