Review, Commenting, and Approval building block assets
The Review, Commenting, and Approval building block provides
services that use various assets. Understanding the assets helps
you to better understand how to work with the building block. (See
Managed
Review & Approval Solution Accelerator Concepts and Technologies
in
Managed Review & Approval Solution Accelerator
9.5 Solution Guide
.)
You can use the assets for tasks such as review initiation, review
template creation, and review management. Use the services in processes
you create in Workbench or in applications that you create using
available Java and Flex APIs.
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Review templates:
XML files that specify the details
for review. Each review template defines the characteristics of
a review, such as the number of review stages, and other attributes
such as the name, and supporting documents. You can add additional
attributes that include:
You define new
review templates for each type of review and approval workflow you
want to automate and manage. Each review template defines the attributes
for a specific review type. The review template schema can be used
as a basis for producing and editing review templates. (See
Implementing User Stories
.)
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Search Filters:
An object that contains the search
filtering attributes. The object is used to search for reviews.
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Documents for review:
A file is passed to the API
s using a com.idp.Document object. Review documents are uploaded
to a location that supports WebDAV. The files that you can provide
are dependent on the configuration of the LiveCycle server. For
instance, if you have the PDF Generator service available, you can
submit files formats, such as Microsoft Word or images.
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Supporting documents:
Supporting documents are not
part of the content to be reviewed. These documents are attachments
to a task assigned in Adobe® LiveCycle® Workspace 9. Supporting
documents can include documents and URLs that provide supplemental
information.
When you use the building block, the following assets are created
in subsequent API calls or processes in Workbench.
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Review Identifier (ID):
A unique identifier, (also
known as a review context identifier or review instance) that identifies
a review.
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Review document:
A PDF document that users review
or approve. For a given review, a review document contains all the
documents that a review initiator specified. All review documents
are converted to PDF files and merged into a single PDF document.
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Supporting documents:
Supporting documents are not
part of the content to be reviewed. These documents are attachments
to a task assigned in Workspace. Supporting documents can include
documents and URLs that provide supplemental information.
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Review tracking sheet:
A PDF document that tracks
the users and decisions of users involved in the review stage.
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Approval routing slip:
A PDF document that tracks
the approvals or digital signatures of users that approved the review.
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Search results:
An XML document that specifies the
results of a search for review templates or reviews. (See
Search result schema
.)
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Audit logs:
Database entries that can be queried to
determine the events that occurred during a review. (See
Review, Commenting, and Approval database
.)