Trackingrevisions
Trackingrevisions refers to the practice of recording and managing the history of changes to a document, dataset, or digital asset over time. Its purpose is to preserve a chronological record of edits, attribute changes to authors, and support recovery or comparison of past states. A revision generally consists of the content at a point in time plus metadata such as the editor, timestamp, rationale, and a link to the previous revision. Some systems store full copies of each revision, while others capture only the differences (deltas) relative to earlier versions to save space.
Implementation and scope vary by domain but share common features. In collaborative settings, trackingrevisions is enabled
Data models and storage considerations influence performance and scalability. Histories can be linear or branching; storage
Related concepts include version control, diff, audit trail, and rollback.