This is a subject I am quite interested in. I have been
using subversion (and other VCSs, like bzr) to manage
my documents and web sites. I edit them mainly using
docbook, and now I am gradually using more and more
with restructuredText. They are both a good front-end
to html or latex (docbook).
The problems I find are 2 :
* differences with indentation do not necessarily
mean a difference within the document. It is
important to enforce some indentation style
to help reduce the unwanted diffs.
* it is not a user friendly system, specially for non-tech
users
But besides that, I am quite satisfied with
svn as a DMS.
2007/6/25, Dirk <subversion@nogga.de>:
> Hello,
>
> we are using subversion as a version control system for our software
> development. The tool does a great job for this. Now we looked into
> using the same ideas for document control, but had some problems
> applying the underlying methods for documents. The problems are, that
> documents in most cases stand for themself and primarily have the status
> "Draft" or "Released". I most cases the last released version of the
> document also replaces all previous releases, and some documents needs
> to be reviewd by others before the can be releases. So there is some
> workflow behind the document. Subversion is not the tool to enforce a
> workflow, but could be a good solution to save the documents hierarchy.
>
> Tools, that I found and that are not based on subversion in my personal
> order of interest:
> * DocuPortal.Net (http://docuportal.de)
> * xinco DMS (http://www.xinco.org/index.php)
> * Office Manager (http://www.krekeler.de)
> * DocuWare AG
>
> Nevertheless, I have not found any solution, that extends subversion
> into this area. Is there anybody out there using subversion as a DMS
> solution?
>
> Best regards
> Dirk
>
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