The best way to make sure people find the paper is to give them the
link rather than relying on Google Search ;) Kavi has no notion of
'latest version URI' which is why we upload specifications to
docs.oasis-open.org. Unfortunately the white paper was declared
finished before it really was; a white paper should go through the
same types of controls as any other TC work product, with proper
notations on the document cover page indicating that it's still a
working draft until formally approved by the committee at which point
the date should be updated and the proper status noted on the inside
cover. Any further changes become a new edition, with a new date and
new status.
OASIS policy is that all versions of all documents are always kept -
never deleted or overwritten - and are always publicly available. That
means that Google Search is going to find several, if not dozens, of
unique hits on any given work product.
Regards,
Mary
On Sep 22, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Waters, Jeff CIV SPAWAR SSC PAC, 53621
wrote:
> Elysa:
> Thanks so much. By the way, interesting issue for us to consider
> with upcoming documents is what we name them for purposes of Google
> search. I didn't realize that all documents we post are publicly
> available (?), which means search can pick up old documents. This is
> a bit of a problem for us with the Basics paper. The URL is a little
> long to be memorable, so it's easier to tell people how to find it
> by search. Currently if you search for "oasis de basics" or "oasis
> distribution element", Google pulls up a very old version of the
> paper as the first or second item and our final version is nowhere
> to be found. However, if you add "r2" to those searches, then our
> final version pops right to the top of the list (since our latest
> version is the only version with "r2" in the title, which stands for
> revision 2) So for now I would tend to tell people to find it at
> "oasis de basics r2". We could use word "final" in our titles, but
> you never know when something is really final. Best solution perhaps
> is a title that doesn't change and the latest version replaces the
> old with same URL. The old version can then be accessible under a
> new URL linked for archive purposes. Just an idea.
> --Jeff
>
>
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> From: Elysa Jones