Historically in the pre wiki world documents have been managed using MS Word or the FOSS equivalents
Word has a couple of commonly used features for the collaborative review of documents
1) Comments: Selected text in the body of the document can have an associated linked comment in the margin of the document which might include a correction, suggestion or clarification
2) Track changes, where text added to the original proposed document is marked in red /underlined and text removed from the proposed document is displayed in a strike through font.
Dokuwiki has so many benefits over using a desktop application for document management but the two features of the desktop alternative linked above are frequently asked about by those that move to using a wiki.
Is there a functional equivalent in dokuwiki to use when a proposed document is to be collaboratively reviewed by multiple people before the changes are committed to the document?
Word processor workflow
- Write proposed document
- Share in a central location (or you end up with multiple versions)
- Collaborators take turns in adding comments/ making tracked changes
- Collaborators review each others comments/ tracked changes
- The approved changes are combined into the original changes
I've had a look through the plugins but I can't find an equivalent to either of the above functions (especially for those infrequent wiki users who may not be familiar with wiki markup (and consultants to the document process may not need to make edits this may be a majority of the collaborators)
Are there alternatives to the above 2 functions to use as an alternative to the familiar options in MS Word?
Any suggestions appreciated.
C