Creating master/sub documents using enterprise file shares

[willsmike]

Hi folks,

I need to be able to create a document layout or structure, which I'll call a "master," and define the sections of this document. Different departments would update their sections. And when a user needs a live, up-to-date copy of the document, the master is "executed" and causes a new, updated complete document to be generated.

To complicate this further, each section can be used in multiple such "master" documents.

Example: think about a college course catalog, where the Academic Policies apply to nearly every course in a program, but may vary program by program. Or course materials lists, which need to be course-specific, and appear in syllabi, and in web pages in the learning management system, and maybe even in pre-course student prep materials we email as attachments. Multiple course materials lists might all be pulled together into one document for a minor or subprogram of courses.

If all of these part-documents lived on a shared drive that might be doable. But we need them to live in a cloud file system (like SharePoint).

Any ideas most welcome!

Thanks,

Mike

[Test Screen Name]

You’d want an intranet app using web technologies to dynamically build and deliver the combined file.