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Rela%onships vs. Categories Customized Training Lab Wed., April 14 th , 2010

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Rela%onships  vs.  Categories  

Customized  Training  Lab  Wed.,  April  14th,  2010  

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Categories  

•  Staff  lis%ng  and  detail  pages  

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•  The  values  are  the  same  in  every  structure  •  Any  update  id  done  just  once  •  Queries  are  simple:  #pullContent("+structureName:Staff1  ……  +categories:implementa%onTeams  ….)  

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Categories  

•  Job  descrip%on  detail  page  

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•  Not  possible  to  store  more  informa%on  than  a  %tle  and  a  key  

•  Complicated  to  understand  the  rela%onship  among  your  structures  

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Rela%onships  

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Rela%onships  

•  More  natural  representa%on  for  the  associa%on  between  two  contentlets  

•  Queries  are  simple:  

#pullRelatedContent(‘Staff  –Division’  ……  

•  Need  to  be  entered  manually  

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