Content Migration
- Content Migation
- the
content management
task during which existing
content is migrated from
legacy content sources to the
content management repository of the
content management system
As illustrated in the preceding figure, Content Migration is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:
- Type: Concrete
- Superclass: Task
- Subclasses:
The typical responsibilities of Content Migation are to:
- Identify internal reusable potential content to be
migrated:
- Textual content.
- Numerical content.
- Audio content.
- Graphical content.
- Video content.
- Develop templates and tools for converting reusable
content into the proper format.
- Move, reformat, and store the reusable content from
legacy content sources in the
content management repository of the
content management system.
- Enter metadata about the content into the
content metadata store of the content management
system.
Content migation can typically begin when the following
preconditions hold:
- The
construction phase has started.
- The initial conventions for content migration (e.g.,
guidelines, standards) have been produced during the
process engineering activity.
- The following documents are largely complete and are
relatively stable:
- The
content management team has been adequately staffed with
content entry clerks who have been adequately trained in
content migration.
- The
content workers have produced some raw content for entry
into the content management system.
Content migation is typically complete when the following
postconditions hold:
- All internal reusable content has been migrated to the
content management system.
- The
retirement phase has started.
Content migation typically involves the following teams
performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental,
parallel, and time-boxed manner:
-
Content management team:
- Determine the need for new content by reading and
understanding the associated:
- Informational (data) requirements in the:
- Information architecture:
- Content design:
- Identify, evaluate, and select internal, reusable,
potential content and its sources for:
- Applicability.
- Reliability.
- Operational availability.
- Migration and ongoing costs.
- Develop tranformational templates or software that will
automatically transform the reusable content into the
correct format during migration.
- Develop metadata about the legacy content and store it
in the
content metadata store of the content management
system.
- Obtain the potential new content from the
legacy content sources:
- Textual content.
- Audio content.
- Graphical content.
- Video content.
- Reformat and store the migrated content in the
content management repository.
Content migation can typically be performed using the
following techniques:
- Conventions (e.g., standards and guidelines for
evaluating and transforming external content).
- Reusable Templates
Content migation typically results in the production of the
following work products:
-
Data Components:
- Internal Legacy Potential Content:
- Textual content.
- Numerical content.
- Audio content.
- Graphical content.
- Video content.
- Content Metadata
- Content migration should be performed iteratively,
incrementally, and in parallel with other content management
tasks.