Publishable metadata for content management and component testing

摘要

Techniques related to publishable metadata for content management are described that enable selective invocation of new components in a web content management system. Metadata that is published in connection with corresponding content can be configured to include tags or other identifiers that cause a content management system to selectively direct content processing between existing and new components. Switches implemented by the content management system can operate to examine the metadata to determine which processing components are selected for particular content and direct the content to corresponding components. Switches can also be placed in websites to direct page requests from clients to existing or new rendering controls based upon publishable metadata that is associated with a requested page. Thus, the metadata and switches can be employed to perform testing of and load balancing between new and existing components in a live environment.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining content from a content publisher having publishable metadata; examining the publishable metadata to determine a processing path designated for the content by the publishable metadata; and determining, based on said examining, that the processing path designated for the content comprises new or existing processing components, the new processing components comprising one or more processing components that are still under development; selectively directing the content to new or existing processing components in accordance with the processing path designated by the publishable metadata; publishing the content through the new or existing processing components; and dynamically directing a page request from a client for a page including the content to new or existing rendering controls based upon an examination of publishable metadata associated with the page to determine a rendering path designated for the content by the publishable metadata.