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Understand versions and revisions
Versions are uploads, revisions are labels, and one revision is always Current. The model behind every document in fluxems.
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Every document in fluxems keeps its full history. Three words carry the model: Version, Revision, and Current. Get these straight and the rest of document control follows.
A version is a new upload
Each time a file is uploaded against a document, that upload becomes a new Version: v1, v2, v3. A version is the actual file. Uploading never overwrites anything; it adds to the history.
A revision is the label it carries
A Revision is the label a version carries: A, B, C. It is the name the site knows the issue by. You will see both side by side in the register: v2 might carry revision B.
Current: the one everyone builds from
Exactly one revision of each document is marked Current. That is the revision the project builds from. When a new revision becomes current, the old one is marked Superseded.
Nothing is ever lost
Superseded revisions stay readable in history forever. If a dispute comes up about what was issued and when, the answer is one click away.
Locking versioning
Versioning can be locked per document. While locked, no one can upload a new version. Use the Lock versioning action in the register row menu to freeze a document, and Unlock versioning to open it up again. Handy while a revision is under review.
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