Documentcentric
Document-centric refers to a design and management paradigm in which documents are the primary unit of content and control. In a document-centric system, information is organized around documents and their lifecycles rather than around data records, pages, or UI components. Documents carry metadata, version history, access permissions, and relationships to other documents, enabling structured retrieval, auditing, and reuse. The term is often contrasted with data-centric or page-centric approaches.
Core features typically include a document model with metadata schemas, version control and check-in/check-out, lifecycle workflows,
Document-centric systems are widely used in enterprise content management, regulated industries, legal and contract management, engineering
In practice, document-centric architectures are often part of broader ECM or DAM platforms, and they interact