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mPHC stands for Multilevel Polyhierarchical Classification. In lay terms, multiple (hierarchical) classification options for each record. Records can be distributed, under different categories, to multiple Audiences (microsites), each with unique designs, including specific field display based on each user's access role(s). This results in consolidation of redundant web projects into one unified web strategy.
Screenshot of Centralpoint CMS Portal, adding a record using mPHC.
This record will present in multiple Audiences, and be accessed uniquely by individual
user roles, via AD, LDAP, or SSO
Centralpoint's Module Designer gives you the tools to easily drag and drop different layouts for each Audience and/orRole. In this way, each group sees the information differently, and the data which presents is accessible only by the authorized role. In other words, Internets, Intranets and Extranets can be served from the same central point, even though they may each offer different URLs, and designs. As users log in to Centralpoint they may be re-directed to the audience (site) they belong to, where all information is properly filtered and presented.
Classification of information is a basic paradigm used by both the human mind and present-day information technologies for storage, retrieval, analysis and systematization of knowledge. The kernel principle of classification is decomposition of a classified set into a number of classes (categories) in accordance with a system of rules (criteria). If categories are ordered by a directed relationship or “parent-child” they form a polyhierarchical structure. The term “polyhierarchical structure” is intended to include both single and multiple inheritance relationships between categories. In other words, a category in a polyhierarchical structure may have one or more than one parent. With Centralpoint there are multiple polyhierarchical structure options for each record.
Polyhierarchical classifications provide a dramatic increase of functionality as compared with classifications constructed without ordering categories by their abstraction level. In fact, the latter can be used only to store, search for, and retrieve information. In contrast, the former creates a well-developed formalism for manipulating systems of interrelated abstract entities, thus providing the ability to process information across different abstraction levels, create new languages, formalisms, concepts, and theories. The layout of this record can have multiple designs, for each audience (or microsite) , and for each users access based on role.
Persistent polyhierarchical classifications include structures that are relatively stable. Persistence of a classification denotes that a set of categories and system, for example, of the “general-specific” relationships between them must be pre-designed and stored in a permanent descriptive repository. Further extensions and refinements of a persistent classification may include the introduction of new criteria, categories, and relationships. Previously developed parts of a persistent classification ordinarily remain unchanged when extending a classified set, adding new selection options to existing criteria, and introducing new criteria. Moreover, a run-time modification of a persistent classification is generally not permitted. This means, in particular, that the accessible search options including keywords and ranges of parameters are permanently stored in the descriptive repository.
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