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Re: Versioning
The reason whole "unpublished" concept exists is to allow
authors to do multiple edits before an UMO is released to the public.
In this instance, if author saves but does not publish U-4, U-4 is
unlocked, so that other authors could work on it, but is still invisible
to students (or rather unavailable for studying). Once author decides
it's read for consumption, he'll publish it, and all interested parties
will get notifications.
sergey@total-knowledge.com wrote:
> Let's look at this scenario this way.
> Let's say UMO U has 3 versions: U-1, U-2, U-3.
> 1. Author opens U for edit, actually sees U-3 version b/c it's the HEAD
> version and the only one that available for editing.
> 2. Author tries to link to U another UMO C (C previously wasn't linked to
> U, or better say, to U-3. If it was, Author gets a warning that "Umo C
> already linked to UMO U")
> 3. UU prompts Author to confirm the creation of the new version of U: U-4.
> 4. Author confirms.
> 5. UU creates new version U-4(still unpublished). U-4 has C as a child UMO.
> 6. Author performs minor edits to U-4.
> 7. Author publishes U-4.
>
> Questions:
> What happens to U-4 if Author quits without publishing after steps 5 or 6
> above? UMO C already linked to U-4. Are we going to unlink it then? Maybe
> step 5 should be after step 7?
>
>
>
>> And perhaps add a warning, something along the lines of
>> "You are about to create new version now. Do you want to proceed?"
>>
>> So, full use case will be something like:
>>
>> 1. User opens an object for edit.
>> 2. User tries to change an UMO link
>> 3. UU prompts user to confirm new version creation
>> 4. User confirms
>> 5. UU creates new (and unpublished) version of an object
>> and with requested UMO linking change done.
>> 6. All further changes are accepted without creating new version
>> 7. User publishes UMO.
>>
>> This scenario presumes following things:
>> 1. We only allow versioned edits of "head" version - that is the
>> latest version of an UMO
>> 2. User is trying to edit HEAD version (changes to the scenario
>> for other cases are left as an exercise to the reader)
>> 3. UMO cannot be "unpublished" once it is published.
>>
>> These requirements weren't clearly defined previously
>> (nor, in fact, were they discussed before). Now is the time to
>> voice your concerns, and propose solutions. Otherwise I'll
>> put this into the spec.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
>> Total Knowledge. CTO
>> http://www.total-knowledge.com
>>
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Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
Total Knowledge. CTO
http://www.total-knowledge.com