A recent article on CMIS from a non-technical perspective. Comments welcome.
 
Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is an emerging standard that allows compliant Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems to share documents. This article discusses the reasons for the emergence of CMIS and outlines some of the key elements of the standard. It outlines the response by one vendor (Nuxeo) and the use of the CMIS by Dutch local government. The article concludes with some comments on the future direction of CMIS.
 
http://innotecture.com.au/2012/06/10/cmi/