Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of ImprovedWorkflow

Timestamp:

09/21/12 06:45:52 (12 years ago)

Author:

heikki

Comment:

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ImprovedWorkflow

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  * Keeping the original public version of a metadata public, while an editor is taking time to makes changes to it, helps increase quality of the catalogue.
  * This proposal introduces better pessimistic locking: compatible with clustered GeoNetwork catalogues, and editors no longer lose their work.
+ * A graphical metadata difference viewer is introduced.
 
 == Proposal == 
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 If the system configuration setting 'Symbolic Locking' is enabled, also Editor users (in groups that are allowed to edit this metadata) can transfer ownership of the lock.
 
+=== metadata difference view ===
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+In order to make it more easy for Editor users to see what they have changed to a metadata as compared to its pristine version, a graphical metadata difference viewer is provided. It comes both in a read-only flavour and in a Edit Mode flavour, where the metadata in DRAFT state (the right panel) appears in edit mode.
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+This difference viewer can also be used to view differences between 2 distinct metadata if you select 2 metadata from the search results.
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+The difference viewer in the classic GUI looks like this:
 
 
-=== Backwards Compatibility Issues ===
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+== Backwards Compatibility Issues ==
 
 None.