VIVO-1545: Track user changes made to the content store

[chenejac]

Graham Triggs (Migrated from VIVO-1545) said:

Log changes being made by users via the UI to the content store, in a way that describes everything they have done, is queryable, and potentially can be reversed.

 

Pull Request: vivo-project/Vitro#81

[chenejac]

Mike Conlon said:

Really important idea.  Has been around for about 7 years.  Previously VIVO logged user changes to vivo.all.log, but it was buggy and removed.  The feature was very simple and very useful.  The log contained entires that looked like

datestamp username add/delete triple

since in a triple store, the only data management actions are to add a triple or to remove a triple.  Given these entires, it was trivial to see what a user had done, track activity over time, and collect all the triples that had been added or deleted – these triples could be reapplied or changes reversed using existing add/remove triples functionality.  Very simple, very powerful.

Florida had log reports based on these triples and used them to identify and assist editors.  Very helpful for building a community of editors.

[chenejac]

Andrew Woods said:

PR: vivo-project/Vitro#81