The Repository database allows for a centralized maintenance of basic design elements and processes. Changes made here affect all connected websites. The Repository is usually maintained by the webmaster and might contain the following elements:

• languages with the respective ISO character sets
• layout elements like framesets or table presentations, navigators, CSS
• graphics that are used in the layout
• workflows including deadlines for the work of the authors
• Content Types that control the functionality available to the authors

A Repository can serve several Content Bases. If your goal is to bring together a large amount of applications within an intranet or to run a local Internet presence in several countries, the consistent use of the Repository guarantees a universal layout and homogeneous structures.