CPC G06F 16/1873 (2019.01) [G06F 16/122 (2019.01); G06F 16/1787 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for providing access to multi-file related tasks with version control, comprising:
receiving, through a task interface application executed by a client device, a command to open a task for processing by a local tool application on the client device, the command to open the task further identifying a specific version of the task;
responsive to the command to open the task, transmitting, from the client device over a network to a server, a request fora plurality of files
associated to the specific version of the task;
wherein the task further includes metadata associated thereto, the metadata describing a role of said files, who created a particular version of said files, when the particular version was created, and how a given file is used in association with other files;
wherein the command to open the task is received through the task interface application without identifying specific ones of the plurality of files that are associated to the specific version of the task;
receiving, by the client device over the network from the server, the plurality of files associated to the specific version of the task;
initiating, by the task interface application, opening of the received plurality of files by the local tool application for editing on the client device.
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