DMS

What is a DMS?

The short answer - a DMS is a Document Management System.

The long answer - a DMS is a system that seperates the content from the web site.

Content in this case can be a PDF file, a Word file, Excel, and any other native format. The system is a container for these documents.

The benefits include being able to retrieve these documents easily and without losing its original format. More sophisticated systems allow for fulltext searches, cataloging by topic or interest, and access controlled by user and group permissions.