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Collective Spaces changes

Several changes have been applied to Collective Spaces (That is Draft Space and Review Space). You enable one or both of these user interfaces with the Enable-ISHUICollectiveSpaces cmdlet available over ISHDeploy module; using the -DraftSPace switch, the -ReviewSpace switch, or both.

Changes in Draft Space

Smart Tagging in Draft Space
As part of Semantic AI capabilities the Smart Tagging feature is introduced to Draft Space. Smart Tagging allows users to automatically generate tags in components' properties, that drastically improves searching capabilities.
Content Quality check for Draft Space
Optional Content Quality add-on that provides en-US spell check using Hunspell dictionary.
Document History
Optional add-on that provides a detailed view of revision history and changes in a topic.
MathML Editing
Optional add-on that provides a capability to edit complex math equations.
New content type support
Outline view supports DITA bookmaps.
Outline View improvements
The Outline side panel received improvements to customize workflow and make working with large publications easier:
  • expand/collapse all items in publication at once
  • side panel keeps items collapsed/expanded while switching between side panels
  • outline items can be filtered on any search term
  • items in the Outline are displayed with an overlay indicating the state item is currently in
  • drag and drop items in the Outline tab.
Metadata Form State
Metadata Form brings improvements on clean view of component's properties. Users can limit the view using "Show optional fields" switch, and collapse property fields of their choosing. Draft Space preserves that state of Metadata Form when:
  • saving changes
  • switching between components
  • re-opening Properties panel.
Tables
Tables in Draft Space received following improvements:
  • it is possible to select multiple cells at once
  • tables bigger than 10x10 collapse automatically to ensure performance
  • conditions for tables are now displayed with expected green/red colors
Accept Changes for suggestions
Editorial suggestion comments can be applied with just one click. Apply Suggestion button appears only for shared comments and when used it replaces the highlighted text with a suggestion in the comment.
Inline images
Image attribute @placement can be set to:
  • inline - image is rendered as an inline image with surrounding text in the same line
  • break - image is rendered as a block image with surrounding text rendered as blocks before and after the image
UX improvements
following UX improvements are introduced:
  • additional submenus for Machinery Task that allow to insert preliminary and closing requirements and to insert elements allowed in the requirements
  • specialized menus for Learning Objects and Learning Groups was added and allows to insert elements special to them
  • visual improvements​ for Learning Assessment content being displayed
  • new "Interaction" menu that allows inserting all types of learning questions
  • visualization improvements ​for inserting Object or Object with parameter by adding the Advanced tab.

Changes in Review Space

Document History
Optional add-on provides a detailed view of revision history and changes in a topic.
Behavior Configuration Extension - Menu structure
Menu structure allows for multiple custom menus definition using <menuconfiguration> behavior element. Out of the box menus cannot be changed.
Behavior Configuration - Read Only Table
There is a new behavior element <readonlynarrowtable>. It is intended for basic tables and has a limitation that does not allow for grouping of multiple column or row cells into one.
New link resolve for Related Links, topicref, and xref
New way displays the resolved link text in case no specific text is provided. Insert dialog makes sure that the inserted item exists in the publication.