The big content system integration II
Michael Edson at the Really Strategies Blog - The big content system integration II:
"It has a central repository built of two fundamental parts - XML and binary content (images, etc.). Work done in page layout tools/editorial tools/workflow tools is transitory (though might be archived). The purpose of the repository would be to accurately manage 'content' of published products and to also provide a starting point for initial manuscript creation for the next stage in the cycle."