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Subject:Re: CMS and structured writing From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:57:00 -0800
Ask about this when you're evaluating single-sourcing tools, too.
Some of the enterprise-level products include their own
check-in/check-out/lock/unlock features.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Absolutely. But even if you're a small shop with more than one author,
> you can get by with using a branch of your development team's version
> control system. As you get comfortable/grow your content authoring
> practices you will likely find a need to move to a CMS, but to get
> started all you really need is a home for the content and either a
> solid communication plan among authors for working with the content
> and/or a version control system for checking in/out files.
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