[[understanding-data]]
=== Concept: Types of Data

[role="summary"]
Overview of common types of data used in a site.

(((Data type,overview)))
(((Data type,configuration)))
(((Data type,content)))
(((Data type,state)))
(((Data type,session)))
(((Configuration,as a type of data)))
(((Content,as a type of data)))
(((State,as a type of data)))
(((Session,as a type of data)))


//==== Was man wissen sollte

==== What are the types of data?

The data and information on your site is divided up into four types, which are
edited, translated, and stored differently. These four types are:

Content::
  Information (text, images, etc.) meant to be displayed to site visitors. This
  type of information tends to be relatively permanent, but can normally be
  edited.
Configuration::
  Information about your site that is not content, but is also relatively
  permanent, and is used to define how your site behaves or is displayed. It is
  sometimes also displayed to site visitors, but tends to be smaller pieces of
  text (like field labels, the name of your site, etc.) rather than larger
  chunks that you'd normally think of as Content.
State::
  Information of a temporary nature about the current state of your
  site, such as the time when cron jobs were last run.
Session::
  Information about individual site visitors' interactions with the site, such
  as whether they are logged in and their cookies. This is technically a
  subtype of State information, since it is also temporary.

==== Ähnliche Themen

* <<planning-data-types>>
* <<security-cron-concept>>
* <<user-concept>>
* <<language-concept>>

//==== Additional resources


*Attributions*

Adapted by https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon[Jennifer Hodgdon] from
https://www.drupal.org/node/2120523["Overview of Configuration (vs. other types of information)"],
copyright 2000-2017 by the individual contributors to the
https://www.drupal.org/documentation[Drupal Community Documentation]
