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Document links

Karel Picman edited this page Jan 16, 2014 · 18 revisions

Specification of document links.

Basic philosophy

The basic philosophy comes from the idea of a special type of file that is a reference of another file or folder. In the file systems of operating systems we call them symbolic links.

There will be possible to create a link to another file or folder from the same or another folder of the same or another project. Links will behave as if operating directly on the target file or folder. It means for example that if you download or email a link the referenced file will be sent to the user.

If the target is removed or moved later the original link remains unchanged and still point to the original target however no more existing. These orphaned links are not automatically removed.

User interface

Creation of a link

There will be a new command icon next to the plus icon Add folder in the top right corner of the main view. After a click on that icon a new form New document link will be opened.

Data model