Working with smart spaces and content rules

A content rule is made up of three main elements:

• The conditions on the content for the rule to match
• The actions that are performed on the content
• The rule type, which indicates the event that triggers the rule

A rule can be triggered by one of the following events:

• Content arrives in the space
• Content leaves the space because it is moved or deleted
• Content is modified

There is no limit to the number of conditions that can be applied to each rule.

You can define rules to provide creative solutions to automation and management of content. Rules are applied when content moves in or out of a space and may also apply to content directly in the space or in sub spaces. For example, you could set up rules to manage content in the following ways:

• All content items placed in the Drafts space are versioned
• All content items placed in the Drafts space become part of a simple workflow (see Implementing a simple workflow)
• All presentation documents placed in the Published space will be transformed to Flash and copied to the Assets space

When a rule is created for a space, it applies to all files that are added to the space after the creation of the rule. Files residing in the space before the rule was created are not affected by the rule.