Paul Newby wrote:
Finally had the time to go check it out properly.
> http://www.commentext.org.
>
> There's a demo forum and an associated document,
> and some linking utilities to promote interchange
> between the two. The forum provides a familiar
> vehicle for dialog, and the linked document is
> intended to make it easier to retain and focus the
> information that comes up in the dialog in a
> structured format. The document is set up so
> that anyone can create new versions; however,
> existing versions are not affected and there are
> editorial hooks available to allow versions to
> be stamped as 'approved' by editors/administrators.
> Such approval would usefully be employed to
> steer the content of the document and would help
> to channel the dialog in the forum.
I _love_ this! Ye gods!
> Lots of challenging issues to resolve, particularly in
> the area of linking between the forum and document
> verisons, and how these links should be propagated
> into new versions; there are also quite a few usability
> issues to address. Any comments or suggestions from
> anyone who tries the demo would be greatly appreciated.
Sure, there's always room for improvement, but there's
loads of potential here. Good work, man.
I think I heard an earlier comment for SGML presentation
format, and I'd love that a lot.
Emile
