Content Data Components — domain objects representing the content to be stored
Content Endpoints — components that accept external requests and interface with the internal components, storing content in the content repository and/or creating catalog entries
Content Framework — the core of the Content application, routes requests and responses between the Content Components
Content Operations — represents all transactions that occur in the Content Framework, specifically requests and responses
Content Plugins — process Content operations after content storage, generally to parse content's metadata and create a Metacard from it to insert into the catalog provider
Storage Providers — proxies to storage mechanisms used to store the content