Open Source CMS Landscape, by Seth Gottlieb at the 2006 Plone Symposium presented 4 categories:



Slides are available here:
http://plone.org/events/regional/nola06/collateral/sgottlieboscmslandscape.pdf


These are great profiles!

Brochure/Informational Website

• Flexible presentation tier
• Page-centric
• WYSIWYG editing

Online Periodical

• Article-centric
• Flexible multi-step workflow
• Efficient presentation tier

Collaborative Workspace

• Strong security model
• Multiple content types
• Desktop integration
• Efficient UI

Online Community

• Article-centric
• Simple