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History

Every version of a document, who added it and how, and a passage-by-passage comparison that shows which canon to re-check.

Where Reader → History, or Library → a row’s menu → History

The history of a document: the version list on the left and a comparison of two versions with changed passages and the canon citing them.

What you see

  1. VersionsEach version with how it arrived (uploaded, written in CanonTracker, saved from a research note), who, when, its passage count and sha256. Badges mark the Latest version and the Older side and Newer side of the comparison.
  2. Version pickers and layoutPick the older and newer version, and read the comparison Inline or Side by side.
  3. SummaryHow many passages changed, were added or removed, and how many are unchanged, plus how many canon citations to re-check.
  4. PassagesEach passage marked Changed, Added or Removed, with the words that changed. Runs of unchanged passages fold into one row; click it to read them.
  5. Canon to re-checkUnder a passage, every canon fact that cites it: Evidence outdated when its quote is gone, Quote unchanged when it still reads the same.

Compare two versions

  1. Press the compare button on a version to compare it with the one before.
  2. Or pick any older and newer version at the top.
  3. Switch between Inline and Side by side.
  4. Read the badges under each changed passage to see which canon it touches.

Act on canon that may no longer hold

  1. Find a fact marked Evidence outdated.
  2. Use the buttons beside it to see the passage in the older and newer version.
  3. Press Propose a change if the fact no longer holds, and see its impact before it reaches a build.
  4. Use All canon to re-check to confirm or keep citations across the project.

Versions never change

A saved version is never edited. A new upload with the same file name, or a save from Edit, adds the next version, and canon that cites an older one is flagged to re-check. See Versions and re-check.

Who can do what

Viewer
See every version and compare them.
Editor, admin, owner
Also propose a change for a fact whose evidence changed.

Roles are per studio. Roles and permissions has the full list.