DOCS-169: draft signpost page

Author: Sam Kleinman

aspiration/use-cases.txt

@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ content management systems using MongoDB.
 Real Time Analytics
 -------------------
 
+As an introduction to the use of MongoDB for real-time analytics
+storage and use,
+":doc:`/use-cases/real-time-analytics-storing-log-data`" document
+describes several ways and approaches to modeling and storing machine
+generated data with MongoDB. Then,
+":doc:`/use-cases/real-time-analytics-pre-aggregated-reports`"
+describes methods and strategies for processing data to generate
+aggregated reports from raw event-data. Finally
+":doc:`/use-cases/real-time-analytics-hierarchical-aggregation`"
+presents a method for using MongoDB to process and store hierarchical
+reports (i.e. per-minute, per-hour, and per-day) from raw event data.
+
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    :maxdepth: 2
 
@@ -34,6 +46,17 @@ Real Time Analytics
 E-Commerce
 ----------
 
+MongoDB's flexible schema makes it particularly well suited to storing
+information for e-commerce websites and solutions. The
+":doc:`/use-cases/ecommerce-product-catalog`" document describes
+methods and practices for modeling and managing a product catalog
+using MongoDB, while the
+":doc:`use-cases/ecommerce-inventory-management`" document introduces
+a pattern for handling interactions between inventory and users'
+shopping carts. Finally the
+":doc:`/use-cases/ecommerce-category-hierarchy`" document describes
+methods for interacting with category hierarchies in MongoDB.
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
@@ -44,6 +67,14 @@ E-Commerce
 Content Management Systems
 --------------------------
 
+The content management use cases introduce fundamental MongoDB
+practices and approaches, using familiar problems and simple
+examples. The ":doc:`/use-cases/cms-metadata-and-asset-management`"
+document introduces a model that you may use when designing a web site
+content management system, while ":doc:`/use-cases/cms-storing-comments`"
+introduces the method for modeling user comments on content, like blog
+posts, and media, in MongoDB.
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2