What, nothing? Shucks. :-( On 8/13/07, Jay Dickon Glanville <dickon.glanville@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all. > > I'm currently using DokuWiki to manage some of our developer docs. > It's a wonderful tool. Many thanks. > > We're starting to see the need for 'proper' documentation management. > Note the 'quotes', because we're not sure who means what, when they > say 'proper' doc management! ;-) > > The general consensus within the group is that 'proper' doc management > includes things like the following: > - Documents have a state. eg: draft, pending approval, approved, etc. > - The state determines the actions that can be performed on the > document. eg: if approved, it's read-only. If a change has been > made, the state automatically reverts back to draft. > - In order to achieve approval state, one person from each associated > department needs to give their OK. Once a doc has received X > approvals, it automatically progresses to an approved state. > > One of the benefits of DokuWiki is it's simplicity, and lets face it: > process adds complexity. I'm worried that DokuWiki won't be able to > satisfy our growing needs. (I really want to continue to use DW.) > > What this boils down to is that we need a documentation management > system. But, I want it to be a simple to use a DokuWiki. > > Now that I've taken too long with my preamble, here's the questions: > > Does anyone know of a plugin (I've searched and can't find one) that > will allow me to manage my DW articles in a process similar to what > I've listed above? (I've thought about using a "state" section at the > top of each article. I.e.: managing the process by hand. However, I > don't believe that this will satisfy everybody - some will want > automatic process, not manual process.) > > If I can't achieve this through DW, can you suggest something that can > help me? What doc management system works well for you? Should I > look at something dedicated to the task (eg: Knowledge Tree), or > should I look at other alternatives, like a content management system > (eg: Plone)? > > What documentation process do you use? How well does it work for you? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > JDG > -- > Jay Dickon Glanville > -- Jay Dickon Glanville -- DokuWiki mailing list - more info at http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:mailinglist