CheckInCheckOut

Checking out a piece of Content puts a file lock on the content so someone else does not change it before the current user's changes are saved. A good system tells a new user who has the content, and provides means (email, IM/Chat?, phone numbers) to contact the current user to release it. They also have administrative override privileges to seize content.

Some systems allow two or more users to change content, but they must then provide an easy way to reconcile differences. This can be done by color tagging different authors versions, or by a sophisticated "diff" comparator program. The best difference reconciliation is always done by a human editor.


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