The
Zope Content Management Framework (
CMF) is a series of tools for
Zope that forms a framework providing many of the key services a
content management system would need. The CMF can be used as a standalone product, or it can be built on top of, for example in
Plone's case. The CMF provides core tools like workflow, personalisation and cataloguing. The CMF development is lead by Zope Corporation and is an
open source product with contributions from developers around the world.