Adobe CQ5(also known as Adobe Experience MANAGER) is a JAVA based content management system from adobe. It is based on a content repository to store the content of a website and use JCR(java content repository) specification to access the content repository.

It uses RestfulApache Sling framework to map request url to the corresponding NODE in content repository It uses powerful OSGi framework internally to allow modular application development. It means individual PIECES of your application(called BUNDLES in terms of OSGi) can be independently started and stopped. It uses Apache Felix as the OSGi container. Therefore different parts of cq5 can be independently started and stopped.

Adobe CQ5(also known as Adobe Experience Manager) is a java based content management system from adobe. It is based on a content repository to store the content of a website and use JCR(java content repository) specification to access the content repository.

It uses RestfulApache Sling framework to map request url to the corresponding node in content repository It uses powerful OSGi framework internally to allow modular application development. It means individual pieces of your application(called bundles in terms of OSGi) can be independently started and stopped. It uses Apache Felix as the OSGi container. Therefore different parts of cq5 can be independently started and stopped.