ContentTypesInZope3

Content types in Zope 3

A content type is an interface that indicates that an object is meant to be managed as content. A content type specifies no behavior on it's own, but usually extends interfaces that specify behavior.

Different instances of the same class may have different content types. In fact, content types will almost never be asserted ina class statement. Instead, content types will be asserted on instances.

Content types are registered with a system. The registry includes information such as extra permission information.

When content types are managed through the web or with other high-level management tools, it will be possible to manage many aspects of a content type together, such as factories that can produce the content type, views, and adapters.

Containers will often restrict the content types that they can contain.