Re: [ubl-csc] [Fwd: problem accessing oasis documents as general public]

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

At 2003-11-22 11:19 -0800, Anne Hendry wrote:
>Are other people having problems making documents readable by the public
>through the Kavi document repository?

Yes ... it turns out that Kavi uses the "protected" address for links to 
minutes and agendas from the calendar page, even when marking the event and 
the documents for access by the general public.

>If so, does anyone have thoughts on possible solutions or workarounds?

Yes, change "/apps/.../download" to "/committees/download" ... as for your 
given example:

   http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl/ubl-ttsc/download.php/2816/ttsc_20030630.txt

change it to:

   http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/2816/ttsc_20030630.txt

Ref: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-csc/200305/msg00026.html

>It's not the first time (as I mention below) that I've had this 
>problem.  The only way I know of at the moment
>to post documents and be sure they are publicly readable is to send them
>as attachments to the email list.

Modifying the URL as above works when you need to advertise the post in an 
email message.

Unfortunately, KAVI doesn't use this modified address for documents with 
permission for the general public in the calendar pages, so even though I 
marked the calendar event as having general public access, the links used 
are not useable by the general public:

   http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/event.php?event_id=2691&wg_abbrev=ubl-fpsc

Note that if you forget to change the permissions for the document to allow 
access by the general public, the modified URL will appear to "hang" as the 
browser waits forever for the document to be delivered.

I hope this helps.

............................. Ken

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