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Document Management

Managing files and data can be a difficult task at the best oftimes; but, when multiple people at multiple institutions all requireaccess and the ability to update and alter files, file management canbecome extremely problematic.

However, given the right tools, many of the issues and concerns thatarise can be eliminated. IT, Media and Classroom Services Research Support offers documentmanagement solutions in the form of Source Code Management repositories(Subversion, Mercurial), web based network access file storage(Teaming, NetStorage) and digital asset management (ResourceSpace).

Revision Control Systems

A revision control system is software that aids in the tracking andmanagement of changes to documents, source code or other computerfiles. It will allow multiple authors to access and edit filesremotely, while helping to track and manage the merging of thosechanges. IT, Media and Classroom Services currentlysupports the popular subversion revision control system.

Subversion

Subversion is one of the most popular revision control systems. Many clients are available, some that fully integrate with youroperating system and applications.

The Subversion repositories can be found at https://svn.ok.ubc.ca/

Teaming

Teaming is a web-based team productivity suite that helpsindividuals be more productive across multiple teams. Included withinthe suite of team productivity applications is a complete documentmanagement capability.

NetStorage

NetStorage provides a means of accessing your secure personal storagefrom non-UBC computers using a web browser. What does this mean? Getaccess to your F: drive from your laptop or home desktop PC.