Question

I want to attach expiry dates to documentation held as topics in a TWiki web. I'd also like to be able to notify the owner of a document that it is due for revision by today.

The info can be attached by means of a form (a little table at the bottom), and I think I can do a search page that uses that info to list them in expiry date order and name the main editors responsible for each one.

What I haven't got a way to do is to send out annoying email reminders saying "Your documentation called DailyChores is due for review and expires on 1 April. Please update it soon."

Does this sound like a wheel someone has already invented, or do I start from scratch?

• TWiki version: Athens
• Perl version: 5.x
• Web server & version: Apache
• Server OS: FreeBSD
• Web browser & version: lynx
• Client OS: FreeBSD

-- SueBlake - 30 Dec 2002

Answer

I think you could do this with ActionTrackerPlugin - just put a suitable action on each page. Of course, it would be possible to make this a bit slicker, and perhaps to use the TWiki metadata and a 'required update period' variable to drive things rather than have an explicit update date.

-- RichardDonkin - 30 Dec 2002

Thanks Richard, I never thought of that, it sounds perfect!

-- SueBlake - 30 Dec 2002