Yes, I should have illustrated with a workflow example:

We are trying to make it possible for non-Chandler users to participate in the Edit-Update workflows sketched out in the Stamping Spec.

That means, when sending items out, we want a way to make the item available on Cosmo via the Cosmo UI so that non-Chandler users can use the Cosmo UI to make Edits and send Updates.

For example: Sheila sends out the weekly PPD meeting agenda proposal Monday morning. Priss, a Chandler user edits and updates the agenda in Chandler. Mimi, a non-Chandler user receives the agenda in Apple mail and clicks on a link to edit and update the agenda in Cosmo UI.

You can think of it as: Upload this item to Cosmo so others can see it, edit it, update it.  Sort of similar to how you might upload Photos to a photo-sharing service such as Flickr so that others can see view it, add comments, maybe even fix red-eye and make other changes....

As opposed to sharing photos with others using the same Photo Management app (e.g. iPhoto, Picasa, etc).

I think the technical complication arises when we try to streamline the workflows so that sharing via uploading to a server/web app AND sharing via email AND sharing via desktop client all happen in a single end-user workflow, we're calling Item Sharing where you Stamp to Address and item and then click Send.

Mimi

On Oct 5, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Morgen Sagen wrote:


On Oct 4, 2006, at 4:48 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:


Sheila, Morgan, bkirsch and I have been making the rounds on the whole idea of item sharing for Preview. Below is a proposal for a limited approach to item sharing, something we think might be doable in the Preview timeframe. Further below is a more full-blown model for item-sharing.

This person "Morgan" may have said this is technically possible :-)  but *I* certainly feel this is too complicated.  Can you explain the work flow we are trying to enable?

~morgen
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