[Zope3-dev] Content Types: What are they? Do we need them for Zope 3

[R. David Murray]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jim Fulton wrote:
> Zope 3 has no separate notion of content types.  It does have
> content components.  Zope 3 also has interfaces. Content
> components often implement a number of interfaces. No one
> interface is designated to be the content type, although, in most
> cases, it would be fairly straightforward to do so.
> Content components usually register factories,
> but there's no association between factories and interfaces.
>
> Does Zope 3 need a "content type" concept? Is so, what should
> content types be used for?

Maybe we just need to wait to find out?  See if Interfaces do the
job.  When they break down, we'll know more about what we need.

--RDM