The docBlock uniquely allows multiple people to concurrently edit the same document within a SharePoint environment. It fully participates in native SharePoint check-in/check-out process, alerts, permissions, workflows, and audit trails, and extends those capabilities down to sections of documents. The following table compares the capabilities present out of the box in SharePoint, the capabilities added by Word 2010, and the capabilities docBlock Ascend virtual documents provides.
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SharePoint + docBlock |
SharePoint + Word 2010 |
SharePoint Only |
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Linear editing
One person may edit a document at a time |
P |
P |
P |
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Concurrent authoring
Many people may edit a document at the same time |
P |
P |
O |
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Final work product is one document
Vs. having to be reassembled or merged manually from sections |
P |
P |
O |
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Granular concurrency control
System prevents one person from overwriting another person’s edits to a document part without need for conflict resolution |
P |
O |
O |
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Granular governance
System provides direct support for versioning, permissions, alerts, workflows, and audit trails down to the level of document parts |
P |
O |
O |
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Enhanced document authoring task management
Editors and reviewers may be assigned on a document part by part basis through integrated task management |
P |
O |
O |
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Document structure management
Specialized user interface to manage each virtual document and its parts as a single entity |
P |
O |
O |
Download the Enhancing SharePoint Document Management with Virtual Documents black paper (registration required). The black paper discusses several key document management usage scenarios enabled through docBlock Ascend's virtual document enhancements to the SharePoint platform.
For more information on the docBlock Ascend, please download the docBlock Ascend product brochure or contact sales@blackbladeinc.com / +1-703-260-1111 . See the docBlock Ascend in action by scheduling a live web demo, or attend a public webinar, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm EST.