Hi Roberto, as you know via Nate from appsembler.net I would really like to see Mayan chosen from my hospital. We don't have any IT gurus at hand, so I as an experienced user, have to handle it. And if I as the most experienced user in IT become desperate, my collegues will become desperate even more and earlier.
>From the admin's point of view I did not even manage to upload a newer version of a document. Although I RTFM I could not find that out so far. I guess all the functions I need for almost everything are "in there" somewhere, but they don't seem to be connected to each in a way easy to use. E.g. a workflow for a new document and an new version should be like that: 1. Upload the document (give Metadatas etc.) in an editable version (e.g. .docx). Mayan should create a pdf version of it and present it to anyone who does not check it out for editing. Alternatively present an option to upload the pdf version manually. 2. You should be able to specify who may edit the document except from you. 3. A "new" tag should be "rewarded" for some time automatically so other users can find it easily. 4. If you set a "for review" tag, the document is hidden to all users but to those users or role members you specify for the review. If a reviewer removes the review tag it will become visible. 5. If you check out a document you become able to download the editable version of the document. 6. After editing the document you can check it in again and may specify the version jump. Micro steps don't get a "new" tag, all other's do. If the uploader is not a reviewer for the document (see above) the document gets a "for review" tag, too, for all but micro steps. 7. When locked in a user gets under "home" an overview over new comments on documents he may edit or he commented on, documents with a "new" tag etc. Additional features like reading confirmation for new documents are absolutely necessary in an institution with 200+ members. I have no idea how to explain a somehow smilar workflow to my bosses with the current Mayan version... As you know for sure several norms exist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system). You'll have to match most of these norms to get a chance to earn a relevant amount of money with your great project because most company are working on becoming certified (e.g. with EN ISO 9001) and there a norm compliant dms is a conditio sine quo non. Stefan --
