Versions and Renditions

VERSION

1). When a document is modified and checked back in to the repository, it creates a new version of the document.

2). By default user automatically access the most recent (CURRENT) version.

3). Depending on the privileges, user can select one of the following while checking in the document:

Save as -> Current Version / Major Version / Minor Version

4).Each version has a unique numeric label and one or more optional Symbol label. For example:

1.1   Pending ,  CURRENT

The numeric part 1.1 is Implicit Label where the number before the decimal sign represents the Major Version while the number after decimal sign represents Minor Version.

Words ‘Pending’ and ‘CURRENT’ form symbolic label. ‘Pending’ is the optional part of Symbolic label and set by the user while CURRENT is set by system.

When a document is checked in as a minor version, the number after decimal sign is incremented by 1. While checking a document in as a major version, increments the number before the decimal sign by 1 and changes the number after decimal to 0. So a new minor version would be 1.2 while major version would be represented by 2.0

5). Branch Versions: When a non leaf version from the version tree is checked out, a branch version is created upon check in. A branch version is obtained by adding .1.0 at the end of the original version number.

For example: If a version tree contains versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 and version 1.1 is checked out it would create a branch version. The new branch version would be represented by 1.1.1.0

Version Tree Relationship

Documents in the same version tree are related to each other through i_chronicle_is and i_antecedent_id.

RENDITION 

Rendition is a process of creating a copy of original document in a different format such as PDF, HTML, ASCII, TEXT etc.

1).Rendition is a read-only representation of the content. Rendition cannot be edited and versioned.

Using rendition removes the need of installing the proprietary software/viewer on the user’s machine.

2).Every version of the document is associated with its own rendition. When a new version is created, new rendition is also required to be created for that version.

3).Rendition can be created manually or automatically. In the second approach, the Content Server uses additional services called Content Transformation Services (CTS). CTS is another EMC product which is a suite of services:

a). Document Transformation Services (DTS)  - used for creating PDF and HTML renditions.

b). Advanced DTS

c). Media Transformation Services – used for creating JPEG, PNG, PICT renditions

d). Medical Image Transformation Services

e). Audio and Video Transformation Services