[TYPO3-dam] DAM - versioning

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

ben van 't ende [netcreators] schrieb am 04.05.2006 12:47:

>> Does anyone know if the DAM extension supports versioning and workspaces?
>> 
>> If this is not the case - could someone put an estimate on the effort it
>> would take to implement this feature.

> What do you think should be possible with versioning and workspaces in relation
> to DAM? Maybe you have noticed that the fileadmin is disabled when you are in a
> Draft Workspace. This is done on purpose so files (assets) cannot be removed
> accidentaly or on purpose. What does make sense is that there can be versions of
> uploaded document or assets.

Most people that need a real documents/asset management need versioning
and workflow functionality, like that we already have with "normal"
TYPO3 4.0 records. If we had this, TYPO3 could be used as a tool to keep
documents in environments where certain quality standards are enforced
(ISO 9001, etc). And having this in a CMS framework is even cooler, as
you could publish these documents in a very easy fashion (using
filelinks or other DAM-specific FE-Plugins).

> Rupert did a hack for some old DAM version to make
> that function with documents and a document management extension. The versioning
> is used there however to have the possibility to view former versions of the
> document in the frontend. I can imagine that this kind of functionality could
> also be available for other assets to be able to roll back to a previous
> version. If I am correct at this moment you can only overwrite a file now.

I think roll-back isn't the most important use-case here, but archiving
and have a way to control who did what when (like in CVS). This is
needed for documents too, not only for TYPO3 records.

I could not find the "document management extension", do you have any
link to that?

Cheers,
Ernesto