Mapping MCMS terminology to MOSS

Those that currently develop MCMS 2002 sites and want to move over to MOSS 2007, will need to understand the equivalent terminology in the new platform. The information below provides a list of MCMS terms and their equivalent term in MOSS 2007.

MCMS 2002	MOSS 2007
Template definition	Content Type
Template page (.ASPX)	Page Layout
Content placeholder	List Column
Placeholder controls	Web controls
Posting	Page
Channel	Site
Resource gallery	Document library, picture library
Basic built-in workflow	Windows Workflow Framework (WF)

Other equivalences that you will need to become familiar with would be the namespace changes. A good article on the API differences is on the MSDN site.