Calligra/Words/Requirement Specifications/ChangeTracking
Girish's requirements
Show/hide changes
- View changes easily - The changes must be shown near the place where the change was actually made. This makes it easier to read without moving the eye too much.
- Print document with changes
- Show/hide change operation must not be part of undo/redo stack
Collaboration
- Pass changes to another viewer who is online?
Inge's requirements
- View changes easily -- inline or not isn't that important
- Be able to print the changes
- options to only print changes (maybe with some context) or only pages with changes would be nice.
- Finalize changes individually or in groups.
- In sequential order they were made
- In sequential order in the document
Ganesh's requirements
Record Changes
- Ability to record/stop-record changes.
- Ability to add a comment as to why the change was made.
- Ability to record who made the change and when the change was made.
Show/hide changes
- View changes easily - Option to select the part of the document for which changes need to be shown.
- Doesn't matter whether show/hide changes is added onto the undo stack.
- View who/when/why details of a change
Finalize Changes
- Ability to accept/reject changes immediately without having to go somewhere else ( like having a button as a a overlay for the change ).
Collaboration
- Integration with Google Wave ????
Pierre's requirements
Record changes
- Completeness of the tracked editing actions.
- Have all ODF metadata about the change (author, date/time, eventual comment.
- Be able to also have information about what changed in formatting. NOT PART OF ODF.
Show/Hide changes
- View changes easily - viewing should be self explanatory and not get in the way of the document viewing/editing
- Show/hide should not be an undo/redo action
- Detailed information about change can be viewed when a change tracking tool is active. On normal editing tool, basic information only (the document should look like the "real" document
- Level of detail about a change is accessible depending on authorization (user X may see that an insertion change was made but not by who).
Manage/Finalize Changes
- Accept/reject changes can be made from the change tracking tool only.
- Ability to do group accept/reject.
- Ability to add comments to changes.
- Ability to group several changes into one "meta-change".
- Authorization for accepting/rejecting changes.
Summary and status
| Requirement | Description | Priority | Status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View changes easily | Change regions and type must be obvious and close to the location of the change | High | Basic UI | The display of delete change should be revised. Show/hide should not be an undo action |
| View changes metadata | Display author/date/comments of the changes | High | Basic UI | |
| High/low level of details in viewing metadata | Only basic info is displayed with the text editing tool active. High level with the change tracking tool | Middle | Not started | |
| User authorisation for viewing | Implement an authorisation system to control who can see what level of detail | Low | Not started | |
| Print the changes | Ability to print document with/without the change information and metadata | Low | Not started | Options to only print changes (maybe with some context) or only pages with changes |
| Record/Stop record | Ability to toggle change tracking on/off | High | Done | |
| Completeness of the tracked actions | All editing actions should be tracked | High | In progress | |
| Provide all ODF metadata for changes | author, date, comments | High | Foundations in place, UI to be finished | |
| Saving of formatting change | Save also what formatting was changed | Middle | Not foreseen by ODF spec. Will need to find a mechanism | |
| Change tracking tool | Tool to manage changes, like accept/reject, ... | High | Foundations in place, UI to be finished | |
| Quick access to accept/reject | "Inline" accepting/rejecting | Middle | Not started | Should still require the change tracking tool to be active |
| Group accept/reject | Batch processing | Low | Not started | |
| Merge changes | Ability to merge several changes in one | Low | Not started | |
| Authorisation for accept/reject | Implement an authorisation system for the management of changes | Low | Not started |