Terminology work demands simple and straightforward communication between users and terminology administrator. WebTerm facilitates communication by means of the Comments interface. It offers you the following options:
Composing a request or comment - see here
You can use the Comments window to compose requests for new data records and comments on existing entries.
Using the Comments list - see here
The Comments list provides an overview of the comments that you and other users have written.
Managing comments as an administrator - see here
WebTerm offers administrators additional functions for managing comments.
If you are specified as a recipient of comments e-mails in the WebTerm administration, you will receive all comments as e-mail messages. Details of what a comments e-mail contains can be found in the "WebTerm Administration Guide".
There are two ways in which WebTerm can communicate comments:
This makes the comments available to all WebTerm users - they can be viewed on the Comments list on the standard user interface.
However, comments can be defined by the author as "private comments" . Such comments can only be read by the administrator.
This sends comments to a predefined e-mail address - usually that of the terminology administrator. Such e-mail messages are known as "comment e-mails" . They enable the terminology administrator to read comments independently of the WebTerm user interface.
The administrator determines which of the above methods is used to communicate comments. The two methods can also be combined - in that case, WebTerm saves comments to the database and sends them as e-mails.
WebTerm distinguishes between the following types of comment:
"Public comments" are displayed to all WebTerm users on the Comments list.
"Private comments" are only displayed to the administrator.
Please note that this distinction is only of significance if WebTerm saves comments in the database.