<preface xml:id="CONTref.AboutThisGuide">
  <title>About this guide</title>
  <abstract>
    <para>Content is a fully integrated content management solution inside eXo Platform. Basically, in eXo Platform,
      the extension mechanism is used to add content features. To have more information about the extension mechanism,
      refer to the <ulink url="http://docs.exoplatform.org/PLF35/topic/org.exoplatform.doc.35/GateInReferenceGuide.html">GateIn Reference Guide</ulink>.
    </para>
    <para>This integrated solution provides users with a comprehensive platform about integrating applications, managing
      and publishing content - all from a single, familiar console.
    </para>
    <para>When starting a new project, you can see Content as a Java developer platform.</para>
    <para>This document will give you guidelines related to building stable applications using Content from the
      inside. The document consists of the following main contents:
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <emphasis role="bold">
            <link linkend="CONTref.Applications">Applications</link></emphasis>
            describes portlet applications included in Content.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <emphasis role="bold">
            <link linkend="CONTref.Configuration">Configuration</link></emphasis>
            provides you the comprehensive knowledge about the configuration with a large range of configuration
            parameters declared in Content.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <emphasis role="bold">
            <link linkend="CONTref.DeveloperReferences">Developer References</link></emphasis>
            describes about extension, public APIs, Java APIs, FAQs and related others in Content.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </abstract>
</preface>
