Summary

Content types and site columns provide the central administration that is needed for true enterprise content management. This chapter defined content types and site columns, as well as introduced you to some of the ways they can be extended and the properties and workflows that can be associated with content types. Content types are useful for records management, associating work-flows, events, and adding templates to types of content. With the introduction of content types, SharePoint 2007 joins ranks with the heavyweights of electronic content management.

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