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3. The Catalog Manager administrator publishes the content, making it available to
the VendingManager.
4. The Vending Manager administrator selects content published from the Catalog
Manager and stocks the content, making it available to subscribers.
Catalog Manager
The Catalog Manager is the content aggregator or warehouse. It manages all the
content coming from the developer community.After the content is authorized, the
Catalog Manager makes the content available to the VendingManagers. The
VendingManagers then sell the content to their unique subscriber community.
The Catalog Manager supports any type of content. The Catalog Manager
administrators define the type of content that they want to accept for their
enterprise.
The Catalog Manager administrator manages these functions:
■Submitted and published content
■Supported mobile devices
■Content provider access and pricing
■VendingManager access and content
■Administrator access
The following figureprovides a high-level overview of the role of the Catalog
Manager in the lifecycle of an application. It also illustrates the Catalog Manager
processes.