This is just one of many
annotation system issues.
Notification
Who is notified when a document is annotated or
changed? The following possibilities exist:
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Nobody (easy to implement)
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The original document owner
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All annotation owners
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Anybody that has registered interest
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Anybody that has visited the page recently
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Everybody (just kidding!)
How is the notification distributed:
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E-mail
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An e-mail message can be generated. The
recipient better have a good mail filter.
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CGI Script
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A new light-weight protocol based on CGI
scripts can be created.
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NNTP
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The NNTP protocol can be adapted to the
task. Maybe.
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New Protocol
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Some new protocol can be cooked up explicitly
to do notification.
What else?
This file, version 1.2 of notification.html, was last updated at
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