RE: How to version a document?

["Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>]

Let's go for simple and robust, so I can remember it and follow it
myself without too much trouble.

All I want to achieve is letting the user know they are looking at a new
version of the documentation.

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Hart [mailto:ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca] 
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:52 PM
To: TECHWR-L; Cardimon, Craig
Subject: How to version a document?

Craig Cardimon wondered: <<How does one "version" a document? >>

Depends on what you mean by your question and what your goals are.  
Versioning can be:
- simple and robust, but with no access control: just add the  
revision date to the end of a file name to create a new version
- software-specific (e.g., using the Versions feature under Word's  
file menu)
- complicated, sophisticated, and proportionally expensive: using  
dedicated version-control software that provides access control,  
revision tracking, etc..

So: what are you trying to achieve by versioning? That lets us  
discuss the appropriate tool for the job.


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