[silva-dev] Revision column in container publish tab

[kit blake]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 06:32:15PM +0200, Samuel Schluep wrote:
> Hi altogether
> 
> Showing the publishing system to a Silva novice, I noticed that the 
> revision column of the container publish tab is quite confusing: it 
> seems there is only one "draft" revision level. "None" for published or 
> closed documents suggest to me missing revisions. Did I missunderstand 
> the revision concept or should there be other key words?
 
The revision column is meant to describe (name) the state of the 
revision version, if there is one. There is color coding for each 
state too, but what the color means is displayed in text in the 
revision column.

There are three possible revision states, plus none:
+ draft
+ pending (approval)
+ approved (but not published yet)
none: meaning there is no new version in progress

A document that is or was published shows up in the published
column. The text link shows as the date of publication (plus the
expiration, if there is one), and links to the public page. If a 
document is closed, it is listed in this column as 'closed'. 
The pulished column shows the two possible public states:
+ published
+ closed

If there is a published or closed version, it may or may not 
have a new version in progress. If not, the revision column
shows 'none'. If so, the current state of the revision 
is listed.

We could name the public state in the revision column (published 
or closed) as opposed to saying none, but really this column 
only addresses revisions, not published conditions. Would it be
better to have nothing in the column in place of none? Then
we lose the link to the publish screen of the document, but
that's not so serious. 

Any ideas are welcome; this is a complex screen.
kit


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