The Content Management Service is an application service that manages reference data. The service provides reference data properties to the Data Integration Service and to the Developer tool. The service also generates mapplets from rule specifications. You can create rule specifications and generate mapplets from rule specifications in the Analyst tool.
The Content Management Service must be available when you use the following resources:
Address reference data
The Content Management Service manages configuration information for address reference data. The Data Integration Service applies the configuration information when it runs a mapping that reads the address reference data.
Identity population files
The Content Management Service manages the list of the population files on the node. The Data Integration Service applies the population configuration when it runs a mapping that reads the population files.
Probabilistic model files and classifier model files
The Content Management Service stores the locations of any probabilistic model file and classifier model file on the node. The Content Management Service also manages the compilation status of each model.
Reference tables
The Content Management Service identifies the database that stores data values for the reference table objects in the associated Model repository.
Rule specifications
The Content Management Service generates mapplets from rule specifications. The Analyst Service selects a Content Management Service to generate the mapplets. The Analyst tool uses the Model Repository Service configuration to select the Content Management Service.