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The Web CMS Report 2008 looks at... Vignette Content Management

"One area where experienced content engineers will find Vignette lacking is in XML support. With its optional integration tool called "VBIS," you can import and output XML content, but while managing content, Vignette sticks to a straight relational model. Like most other CMS tools, Vignette can represent content as XML, albeit using its own schema (you cannot use arbitrary or industry-standard schemas in the management environment). The problem is not that the product uses a database for storage (most packages do that). Rather, by natively lacking strong notions of hierarchy, the product can work in unexpected ways, such as..."

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Migrating from Vignette

05-Jan-2006

Longtime readers know that an "upgrade" from Vignette's V6 to V7 CMS is really a complete product swap that has tempted many licensees to consider alternate packages. UK content migration software vendor Vamosa has developed a "Vignette V5 and V6 Migration Roadmap." (registration required, via Janus Boye). The white paper is tad too critical of Vignette and unduly promotes an alternative from Vamosa's close partner, IBM (which CMS Report readers know is a bit behind on the WCM front). Nevertheless, the paper offers some good general advice on migration, including the need to look beyond the act of transferring live pages. Vamosa points out that CMS migration also means moving and likely transforming: previous document versions, metadata, binary assets, and templates -- which are especially tricky when business and display logic get co-mingled. And often the best way to get at all that stuff is through your existing CM tool's API.

- Submitted by: Tony Byrne, Analyst

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