The key to understanding virtual folders

The key to understanding virtual folders is simply this: UCM Virtual Folders are just another way of displaying collections of content items that "go together". They look and feel like folders on a Windows system, but really they are "virtual". This makes them as easy to use as your plain old Windows filesystem folders, but it also makes them much more powerful and exciting.

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So here are the two, more specific facts to keep in mind, while reading this chapter:

• Folders are standalone virtual structures. Content items are not physically stored in them. Every content item has a metadata field (xCollectionId) to store a numeric folder ID that links...