====== Content Manager ======

>**Summary**
>//Explanation of the digital archiving system that is used Fontys-wide.//

===== What is Content Manager? =====

[[https://stichtingfontys.sharepoint.com/sites/063_contentmanager|Content Manager]] (CM) is a digital document and records management system that at Fontys is mainly used as a (digital) archive system. A document and records management system is a repository (database) in which descriptive characteristics (metadata) of documents and files are stored. 

===== Application =====
It is easy to find records based on their characteristics, such as author, title, description, date. Metadata are data that say something about a particular document or file. The documents themselves are stored in a document store, which is accessible via the Content Manager application.  

Within Fontys, Content Manager is used for:

  * Student file (central);
  * Personnel file (central); 
  * Study career file (institute);
  * Mail processing and archiving by secretariats;
  * Archiving educational documents by educational offices/business offices.


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