On the down side, permission to create or edit documents is very chunky. Settings to the folder override settings on individual documents, so it's possible to add someone to the folder permissions and accidentally grant access to a file contained inside that should have more restricted distribution. But, is this a problem in practice? It's similar to the current permissions system on the wiki.
-DoIT doesn't provide role accounts, so the folder needs to be owned by an individual. They promise that even if the person leaves, the folder will persist. Anyone with "edit" access can modify the access permissions, so that's okay. Also, the folder can be assigned to someone else; adesmet created it and will assign to to tannenba.
+DoIT doesn't provide role accounts, so the folder needs to be owned by an individual. They promise that even if the person leaves, the folder will persist. Anyone with "edit" access can modify the access permissions, so that's okay. Also, the folder can be assigned to someone else.
{subsection: Proposal: individual file management}
Individuals just create their own design documents, perhaps with a title prefix of "Design Document:" so they are easy to find. They are marked as "Public: Can Comment" (risk of abuse is low). If other people need edit access, it's granted on an as-needed basis. (We can also only grant comment access on an as-needed basis in a pinch.) The very rare design document with security ramifications won't be public; people are added as needed.
