From 95a23c8f7a5d0c92f12f6a45375f4648957d51ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roberto Rosario Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 18:03:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Expland staging folder and watch folder explanation. --- docs/topics/sources.rst | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/topics/sources.rst b/docs/topics/sources.rst index 597a5d8a6a..b4e720d366 100644 --- a/docs/topics/sources.rst +++ b/docs/topics/sources.rst @@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ The current document sources supported are: - Web - ``HTML`` forms with a ``Browse`` button that will open the file dialog when clicked to allow selection of files in the user's computer to be uploaded as documents. -- Staging folder - Folder where networked attached scanned can save image - files. The files in these staging folders are scanned and a preview is - generated to help the process of upload. - POP3 email - Provide the email, server and credential of a ``POP3`` based email to be scanned periodically for email. The body of the email is uploaded as a document and the attachments of the email are uploaded as separate @@ -20,6 +17,19 @@ The current document sources supported are: the ``IMAP`` protocol. - Watch folder - A filesystem folder that is scanned periodically for files. Any file in the watch folder is automatically uploaded. +- Staging folder - Folder where networked attached scanned can save image + files. The files in these staging folders are scanned and a preview is + generated to help the process of upload. Staging folders and Watch folders + work in a similar way with the main difference being that Staging folders are + interactive while Watch folders are automatic; documents in a Watch folder + are uploaded periodically and documents in a Staging folder remain indefinitely + there until an user uploads them. A preview for files in a Staging folder is + also provided. An example of Staging folder use is when multiple people + are scanning documents but only one person must be allowed to upload those + documents. This one person examines the scans quality and decides what to + upload and what to reject and have re-scanned. Watch folders can be used + when the quality of the scans is irrelevant or when they will be known + to be of good quality, such as when receiving e-faxes as PDFs. Document source can be configure to allow document bundles to uploaded as compressed files which are decompressed and their content uploaded as separate