By republishing we mean a changed agenda or an agenda that has been converted into a minutes document.
By default, notes and shared comments will be saved when a new version of an agenda or minutes document is published. Also, if new items are added to the agenda.
The notes, shared comments, and highlights may disappear if the agenda producer deletes an agenda item by e.g. moving it or something similar. The agenda items can also disappear if the notes e.g. are written on page 15 in a document but the agenda producer has decided to delete one page, so the document consists of 14 pages only. The note on page 15 will disappear but the additional notes will still be available in the document.
Notes, shared comments, and highlights will be saved along the agenda item’s unique ID (DocumentSourceID) which will be sent automatic from the EDM system. If the agenda item ID is changed or is no longer visible in the agenda, the notes do not have a document to be saved with anymore. Below you can view the scenarios where the agenda item ID can be changed:
The item has not changed location
The item number and the location of the item are the same, but the item has new text, a change in the headline, or other small sentences:
- The notes and comments are retained in the document and in the overview
- Highlights are retained in the document. Both in the document and in the overview but disappear briefly when the agenda is in unpublished state - as soon as the agenda is released, the highlight will be displayed again.
The item has changed location
The item has been moved up or down in the agenda so it no longer appears in the same location where it was originally created:
- Notes, shared comments, and highlights may disappear. It completely depends on the DMS system. Notes and shared comments are stored with the items' unique item ID, which are automatically generated in the DMS system. In most cases, the unique ID follows the item, if the item is moved, then notes and shared comments are retained and displayed at the items's new location. However, in some DMS systems, items get new IDs if moved up or down. And if the item ID is replaced with another ID, the item is considered deleted and replaced by a new one. In that case, we cannot keep notes or comments. Neither as historical in the "Overview".
- In other cases, notes and comments will be retained in the original location of the item if there is no unique item ID for the item.
The item has been deleted
If an item has been deleted, we can not save your note, comment, or highlight and they will therefore be permanently deleted.
PLEASE NOTE
If it is not possible to find a unique ID for the agenda item, the notes will be saved with the title and classification/item number instead. This means if the title or classification is changed when republishing, the notes and comments for this specific agenda item will be deleted. This only applies for DMS systems that do not use item IDs (KMD and FICS)