Email-based group review workflow
The review cycle typically begins when an author or a designer has completed the project and exported it to .pdf
. The file is then sent for feedback to editors. Editing may involve checking for typos and grammar, but also for the accuracy of content, credits for artwork, compliance with accessibility standards, and so on.
Depending on how demanding the publication is, the editing process will vary. In this section, we will review the process for both a relatively simple project where only one or two editors provide comments and a larger publication with input from many subject matter experts.
The flowchart in Figure 6.8 illustrates two types of review cycles:
- Email-based review: We will bypass the discussion on methods of transport of the
.pdf
file under review since they vary greatly. Email-based simply means a final version of a publication exported to.pdf
gets delivered to the involved editor or many editors. It could be done using...