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Re: UMO users and Versions[was: Voting]
Table below shows what version of UMO different "User types" see _by_
_default_ in Repository and in their accounts. Also ability to
view(modify) other versions demonstrated.
V - all versions available to view
M - all versions available to modify
N - no other versions available to view
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UMO User Type | Repository | User's Account |
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| User's UMO*| Any other UMO | |
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Student | latest | latest | the one he signed-up |
V V N
Modifier
(Author or | latest | latest | his latest |
Translator) V V V,M
Referrer | latest | latest | his latest |
V V V,M
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* For Student "User's UMO" means the one he is studying. For Referrer
"User's UMO" means the one he is referred to.
> We are clearly missing one important distinction in this discussion:
>
> there are different types of "UMO users":
> 1. Those who study it
> 2. Those who modify it
> 3. Those who reference it in their own UMOs
>
> 1. Student
> - Student only sees one version of UMO.
> - Once student starts studying that version, he is locked into it
> (i.e. even if new version of UMO is created, student is still studying
> it)
>
> 2. Modifiers (Authors, Translators)
> - Obviously, authors and translators have full access to all versions of
> UMO
>
> 3. Referrers (authors of another UMO)
> - They can browse all UMO versions
> - They decide which exact version to link their UMO to
>
> Please remember about these three categories of users,
> and please specify explicitly which one you are talking about
> in further discussion.
>
>
>
> --
> Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
> Total Knowledge. CTO
> http://www.total-knowledge.com
>
>