Re: [GGIE] Use cases and changes

I’m personally fine using only the built-in history and changes mechanisms that Giuseppe describes below, because:
1. It’s consistent across all W3C wikis.
2. It’s automatic - no chance of forgetting to list a change.
3. It’s less work.
4. It meets my personal needs.

However, I have no objection if the group wants to add a changes section.

Thanks,
mav


On Mar 12, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Deen, Glenn (NBCUniversal) <glenn.deen@nbcuni.com<mailto:glenn.deen@nbcuni.com>> wrote:

What do people think about adding  a “Changes” section to the use case template where editors can jot a Date + who + explanation of the change they did.     That will allow readers to know there was at least a change , who did it and when.

For example:


Changes

  *   3/11/15 – glenn deen – added Author field to use case template


If there aren’t objections, I’ll add this to our template.

-glenn

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Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 12:41 AM
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Subject: [GGIE] Use cases and changes
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Kazuyuki Ashimura <ashimura@w3.org<mailto:ashimura@w3.org>> wrote:
Use case template

   NiloM: Suggests changes to the use case template.

   <kaz> [9]Use Case wiki

      [9] https://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/wiki/GGIE_TF/UseCases

   kaz: wiki system does have feature to track changes.
   ... perhaps we can assign a specific author and reviewer to
   each use case.

   <inserted> [ fyi, the old use case template of the main IG had
   fields on "submitter" and "reviewer":
   [10]http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/wiki/New_Ideas ]

     [10] http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/wiki/New_Ideas

   glenndeen: will think about the best way to manage updates to
   wiki. Suggests we have a discussion on the mailing list.

   kaz: maybe users can use different colors when making edits.

   <NiloM> color is better than nothing. At least it would show
   what changed.


Not sure if the built in wiki features are useful enough, but just for the record:

- there is a "view history" section in each wiki page (reachable via a top-right tab/button) where one can select two versions of the page an see the changes.

- logged in people can also subscribe to changes, so each time the document changes you get an email.

- changes can also be shared on the list with a link like this

https://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/wiki/index.php?title=GGIE_TF%2FUseCases&diff=3652&oldid=3651


/g