Survey of Web Content Management System, a Collaborative Environment for Online Community

Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to analyze the main models of collaboration and the use of a Web CMS, in order to develop an online community. Taking into consideration the multitude of the existing Web CMSs on the market and their diverse functionalities, we conducted a prospective study that tests the development trends in the field, with the view of finding out which are the most important Web CMSs in practice, and which are the most important func- tionalities they have to possess, in order to develop a collaborative online community. This study can help the entry-level web developers to get an overview of the most popular Web CMSs, and their functionalities.

Keywords: Collaboration, Content Management, Web content management systems, Content strategy, Document Management.