CMS stands for content management system and is often called editorial system in the media sector.

A content management system is a computer software used to create, edit, manage and publish text and multimedia content by different users.

CMS systems, that are only used to publish content in the internet, are named web content management systems. Enterprise content management systems, often used in the media and publishing industry, keep data also for other output media such as print or radio. Therefore it is important to save the data separately from design and format.

The requirements and function differ depending on the cms. So workflow management, user and access management and template input as well as expandability are widely different.

There is commercial cms software as well as free and open source software. In order to information technology content management systems can be classified as server based or client based systems and as static, half static, hybrid and full dynamic systems.

The DROW CMS 5 Professional, for example, is a webbased content management system realized with PHP and MySQL. It is easily accessible on the internet explorer browser. It has a lot of features in workflow and site management and can be used by a number of editors. DROW CMS 5 is search engine optimized and corresponds to the requirements of professional websites as well as medium sized intranets, extranets and online shops.