Reusable content: content has been developed to maximize reuse across platforms; where that’s impossible, different formats or types of content are available.
Structured content: discrete content chunks can be combined in different ways for different platforms.
Presentation-independent content: design decisions can be made by the platform, rather than having style and format imposed on the content.
Meaningful metadata: category, tag, author, and date information can be used to filter or highlight content, and metadata can be used to help platforms decide which content to display.
Usable CMS interfaces: content management UI and workflow encourages people to create well-structured and metadata-enhanced content, without letting them fall back on making styling choices.
Let’s look at each of these in turn.