Stephan,

> One problem, I know, is that if specify a version,
> you retrieve the
> content of this version, but if you use the output
> stream, you should
> create a new version. This is a feature, which
> doesn't work properly.

  I am not very aware of the Slide API, but perhaps
you should use the VersionHelper as in the WebDAV
server's PUT method?  I will look more into this.

> Which features do you want? Remember, the Source
> interface is very basic,
> so you can't do everything.

My main hope for the web interface is the ability to
view content and edit it while maintaining version and
concurrency control.  Perhaps this is a generic
statement, so I will describe it in terms of a
quasi-use case scenario....

1) User can "checkout" files that are not locked in
order to edit them with the assurance that no one else
will undo their changes (e.g. User clicks on filename,
doLockSource creates lock, map redirect to a WSIWYG
edit page or a file download page...perhaps
auto-generate key for checkin?)
2) User can "checkin" updated files with revision
control (I suppose this could be achieved via the lock
views being mixed with a file upload page e.g User can
add file to proper directory and remove key as one
action via one request...doCheckInLockedSourceMethod)
3) User can remove files that are not checked-out
4) All actions relate to user's role

I mention number four since I have not studied the
user management of the system.  If this is in place,
then great!  My number one priority would be to have a
locking mechanism down.  After this I would hope for
version control, but I am not too crazy about this
seeing as the history objects are not exactly a user
friendly navigation experience.  

**How do you see this interface playing out?

I am willing to help in any way I can, so I will study
the Slide API a bit and see what I can do.

_Julian


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