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

[seb bacon]

R. David Murray wrote:
> 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.

Definitely.  I can't think of any 'Types'-based functionality which 
could not be mapped directly onto interfaces.  KISS and all that.

seb