While Content Server maintains Versions of the items that a Compound Document contains, Compound Documents have their own kinds of Versions called Releases and Revisions. Each Release and Revision is a static version of a Compound Document, created at a certain point in the past. For example, if you have a Compound Document that represents a software manual, you might create a Release when the manual is published. You can continue to work on the original Compound Document because the Release represents the manual that is currently being given to your customers. Releases are numbered 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and so on.

A Revision is similar to a Release, but is suitable when you want to preserve only minor modifications to a Compound Document and do not need to create a new Release. Revision numbering is based on Release numbering. Revision 1.2 is the second Revision of the first Release, and so on.

Accessing Releases and Revisions

You can quickly access and work with Releases or Revisions on the Releases tab of a Compound Document's Properties page. Every Version has its own Functions menu, which you can use to open, view, download, delete or lock a Release or Revision. Locking prevents a Release or Revision from being deleted. If a Compound Document has a Document that uses advanced versioning, the release and revision functions use the current major Version of that Document. For more information about advanced versioning and Compound Documents, see Understanding Advanced Versioning Behavior for Content Server Features and Functions.