Co-Location

A difficult part of managing electronic documents has always been keeping track of all the various places the wind has blown a file in its life. DocuShare makes this easy!

DocuShare can “co-locate” any Object, including Documents, Collections, URLs, Discussions,, Blogs, etc.

When you use the Edit menu to Copy an Object and Paste it into another location, DocuShare does not reproduce that Object. Instead, it creates a Reference to the original Object in the new location. Think of a Reference like a shortcut or alias on your desktop computer.

As far as anyone else can tell, there are multiple copies of the Object, but you know better!

Why is this so beneficial? Besides reducing the number of files residing on the DocuShare server, it allows you to make a single item accessible in as many locations as you like. When it comes time to make a change or update the Object, you only have to make that change ONCE. It’s a beautiful thing.

 

Updated June 19, 2017