Enterprise content management extends the concept of content management by adding a timeline for each content item and, possibly, enforcing processes for its creation, approval, and distribution. Systems using ECM generally provide a secure repository for managed items, analog or digital. They also include one (or more) methods for importing content to bring manage new items, and several presentation methods to make items available for use. Although ECM content may be protected by digital rights management , it is not required

Enterprise content management, a form of content management, combines the capture, search and networking of documents with digital archiving, document management and workflow