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The Web CMS Report 2009 looks at... Vignette Content Management

"One area where experienced content engineers will find Vignette lacking is in XML support. With its optional integration tool called "VBIS," you can import and output XML content, but while managing content, Vignette sticks to a straight relational model. Like most other CMS tools, Vignette can represent content as XML, albeit using its own schema (you cannot use arbitrary or industry-standard schemas in the management environment). The problem is not that the product uses a database for storage (most packages do that). Rather, by natively lacking strong notions of hierarchy, the product can work in unexpected ways, such as..."

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