RE: Tracking different parts of a document

Hi.
 
I'm not a big fan of Documentum because of it's cost and complexity but if
you plan to use it anyway, one of the things that it does well is document
engineering which is what you described.
 
You can make it fairly transparent to the users by having them apply MS word
styles that have embedded XML smart tags. The Oracle database can pick up
the tags when the document is checked back into the system.
 
XML transformations can get complex but the scenario that you describe is
very doable.
 
There are a number of Government agencies that have taken this approach.
 
-Betsi McGrath
 
 
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Subject: [CMS] Tracking different parts of a document



Hi,
 
One of the requirements that we have for a Document Management Solution is
as follows:
 
A user can create a word docuemnt with different items. Each item would
typically be a headline and paragraph. We need to be able to track each of
these items individually. Each item would have associated metadata and
versions. So for example, we can give a search for all the documents which
have a specific item. At the same time, we want to do document management
for the doc also, which means doing things like workflows, versioning etc.
 
Giving a form based solution is NOT an approach that we are looking at. MS
Word has to be the primary interface. So, when a user updates a particular
item in the doc, it should get syncronized with the database or repository.
 
The client wants to use docuemntum and Oracle to implement this.
 
Would appreciate any pointers for this.
 
Thanks for the help,
 
Regards,
Apoorv