contentclast
Contentclast is a term used in information science to denote a modular unit of content designed for reuse and analysis. In this sense, a contentclast is the atomic piece that can be composed with others to form larger outputs. The concept has appeared in discussions of modular content architectures and component-based publishing, where content is treated as a collection of interoperable building blocks rather than a monolithic document.
Typically, a contentclast carries type information, data, and metadata. It may represent a text block, an image,
Applications for contentclasts include modular content management systems, dynamic publishing pipelines, localization workflows, and knowledge graphs.
Advantages of the approach include improved content reuse, consistency across outputs, and finer-grained analytics. Challenges include