MANAGING CONTENT ITEM SYNDICATION BY MAINTAINING REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY BETWEEN REMOTE OR ISOLATED SYSTEMS

Embodiments of the present invention relate to managing content item syndication by maintaining referential integrity between isolated systems. A computing device receives a first content item, wherein the first content item has an external dependency with a second content item defined by a first reference. In response to determining that the second content item does not exist on the computing device, the computing device generates a second reference to replace the first reference, wherein the second reference defines a dependency of the first content item to a third content item. The computing device generates a link that directs a user to the third content item in response to the user attempting to access the second content item.