Understanding Release States

Author-it lets you define your own customized Release States to show where, in its release cycle, a particular document component is. You can use these Release States to determine which actions can be performed on objects. For example, a Topic with Release State of "In Review" may not be able to be edited by some users, and only a Senior Editor may be able to delete a "Published" Style.

The Release States you define should suit your organization's document control process, and will probably be slightly different from those used by other organizations (even if only in name). Your Author-it Reseller can offer advice about this.

The actions you can control are the same as those for Folder Actions:

• List objects.
• Read objects.
• Publish objects.
• Modify objects.
• Delete objects.
• Change Release State.
• Change Version.
• Change Permissions.