David asked for comments on workflow, so here is what I want to see. I don't care what s/w is used, as long as I can track development easily and without ambiguity.
Preamble -------- Best source doc filetype is ODT because it is the easiest to use for high-quality output to a variety of other formats (PDF, wiki, ePub, HTML, whatever). Must be able to track dates, file versions, & status. Separate folders work and are easy for everyone to see what's at which stage of development. Changing the filename at each stage to show date and initials also makes it easy to everyone to see what's going on. That's a bit low-tech, but it works... including when the files have been downloaded to someone's computer. No accidental overwriting, easy to tell which file is what. Someone must be able to over-ride "checkout" if the person who checks out a file doesn't return it in a reasonable time and doesn't respond to requests for status updates or unlocking of the file. This happens all the time but should not be allowed to stall work on a book. Workflow -------- 1) Create draft doc, upload to Drafts folder, mark as ready for review. 2) Reviewer checks out draft doc, makes changes with tracking on, uploads result to Feedback. 3) Author (or someone else, depending on book & circumstances) revises draft, removes change tracking up to that point, replaces file in Drafts & marks as ready for review. 4) Repeat 2 & 3 as needed. 5) When ready, author (or other) puts file into Copyediting/Proofing & marks as ready for editing. 6) Copyeditor does job with change tracking on, puts into Feedback. 7) Author (or other) accepts/rejects edits, puts file into Indexing/Final Layout folder, marks as ready for further work. 8) Indexer/Book Coordinator/whoever final checks all and puts file into Published folder (or returns to Feedback for further work). 9) Book Coordinator/Publisher/whoever outputs file into various formats (PDF, others to be decided) and makes available to public, with a copy into the working folder for next revision. ------------------- I will find David's note suggesting where to put this info and paste it there too. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
