Folks, I just wanted to make public a project of my own I am developing to make tiddlywiki suitable for use as smart documents.
*Ideas and Suggestions welcome. Including supportive input if this sounds like something you would like!* *Background* Those experienced with TiddlyWiki5 in particular may already be using TiddlyWiki as smart documents. An example may be a sophisticated CV that permits easy updates and revisions. Since TiddlyWiki can work well as a self contained html file we tend to think of it as a website, or an app on its own but not so much as a document. It is not always so easy to send someone a TiddlyWiki "Document", especially the first time they have seen one and have them up and running. *Smart Documents* I am working to identify what it would take to let tiddlywiki be more readily used as standalone exchangeable documents and building the plugins and macros to support this. Some features include; - A Specific file extension .tw to differentiate it from other html content - Easy to download, email and send documents - Automatic Version Control, release management and more - Check in Check out - Encryption - User management - Review, approval and Feedback tools - Establish the "Source of Truth" document - Smart Document Template - Update and change management - Document Information panel - Edit online, on the desktop, mobile or in the cloud/browser - Documents that can carry the "Business logic" within them. Just think of how TiddlyWiki can be superior to a Word Document then consider the features MS word has, from Macros, to Mail merge, to custom fields and more yet TiddlyWiki is capable of all these things and much more even without a bloated software package installed. If necessary such features could be brought in to achieve an outcome then removed once done to keep the document smaller in size, or similarly export the content separately from the design of the content. *My Relevant background* Having worked professionally with Information and Knowledge management and multiple document management systems I see great potential here in part because TiddlyWiki Smart documents can take the document management system with them, in each and every independent document. What if for example by simply creating a document and providing some basic details it told you where it should be stored, thus where the latest version (source of truth) will be found and more organisationally sound practices. *Advanced Features* I have an idea called "generational templates", The idea is that the template content and logic can be updated and enhanced and passed on to future documents while using the template to generate a specific document. So that you can save a new enhanced template (without the current documents content) for your future Smart Documents, that now include money handling features. That is the evolution of your templates, every generation for which a template is used new and smarter features can be collected and made available to future documents without rework. One day perhaps a back to base connection that gets the various versions of a document report registered documents back to base to keep track of its versions, forks, location and templates. *In closing* If handled correctly such that tiddlywiki documents are self documenting and I believe it is a fast route to proliferating TiddlyWiki, as well as introducing new users to one of its winning features, that is "its ability to evolve in the users hands". Regards Tony -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9dd5b648-2692-4a46-adfa-e5d5c2240a1d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
