> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Baker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Versioning working documents
>
>
> There are versions of the functional requirements at
>
> -- registry_phase1_scope-v5.html (filename according to Harry)
> -- http://dublincore.org/groups/registry/purpose-20010511.shtml,
>    linked from http://dublincore.org/groups/registry/
> -- http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisrmh/DCMI-registry/funreq.html
>
> The latter one -- Rachel's most recent draft, and the one we should be
> focusing on -- is versioned, with pointers to previous versions on the
> UKOLN Web site.

The above documents are staged and will be included in the next build.
These documents will be linked, in the milestones section of the Registry WG
home page, later today.

>
> FWIW, in the Usage Board we are evolving a style of working
> whereby the
> editor or shepherd of the document maintains control as long as the
> document is under revision -- as Rachel has done.  Once the document
> stabilizes, relatively speaking -- ie, further revisions are not
> expected to be frequent -- it is "handed over" to the Web team.  We
> have asked Harry about possibly designing a Web form to manage and
> formally track this process of hand-over.
>
> If a document on the DCMI site needed to be revisited later on, with
> significant changes -- as is the case with this Requirements document
> -- its metadata banner would prominently say this and point to the
> latest version under revision.  In this case, the generic
>
>         http://dublincore.org/groups/registry/purpose
>
> would link to something like
>
>         http://dublincore.org/groups/registry/2001/05/11/purpose
>
> and its metadata would prominently point out that the document is
> currently undergoing revision and the latest version can be found at:
>
>         http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisrmh/DCMI-registry/funreq.html
>
> This last document currently points to a previous version of 19 August
> at:
>
>
http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisrmh/DCMI-registry/funreq-20010819.html

On that model, the generically-named document should probably also link
to the current version of 31 October at

        http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisrmh/DCMI-registry/funreq-20011031.html

I can't think of a better way to handle this in principle, though in
practice it is of course confusing and error-prone to keep these links,
filenames, and metadata straight.  At any rate, it would be helpful if
whatever document versioning conventions adopted by the Usage Board
could be used across the board on the DCMI Web site as a whole -- or
vice versa.

Tom

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