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Tue 27 Dec, 2011 10:38 am
There are situations in government work in which rules call for information in the form of ms-word documents while data-integrity requirements strongly suggest a web server and html pages. For example, a master test plan might contain links to separate test plans for 20 different pieces of a project and it is imperative that the info on those separate sub test plans not be duplicated or exist in more than one place. It is equally imperative that those documents not exist in more than one place or one form i.e. nobody would tolerate separate versions as .html and .doc files.
Is it possible to combine the two somehow, i.e. store the info in single documents in such a way that they can be read either as .doc or .html files, and that the html files could contain the appropriate hyperlinks?
@gungasnake,
Oracle Universal Content Management can do this. It stores word docs as xml so can distribute them as html or word - does version control, permissions controlled through LDAP. But big learning curve. Interdocument linking is good (each document is assigned an ID and you link to that, the way you link determines whether you link to it in html or Word).
It does a whole bunch of other stuff too - probably using a sledgehammer on your problem watch.
@hingehead,
That sounds like the right approach but it's not likely to happen, thanks!
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