Changing the State of Objects

In addition to publishing, editing, and removing objects, you can perform the following actions on them if you are the owner or are otherwise authorized to do so:

• Approval

• Deprecation

• Undeprecation

These features are useful in a production environment if you want to establish a version control policy for registry objects. For example, you can approve a version of an object for general use, and you can deprecate an obsolete version before you remove it. If you change your mind after deprecating an object, you can undeprecate it.

You perform all these actions in the Search Results area.

• To approve an object, select the object and click the Approve button. A message that confirms the approval appears. The event is added to the Audit Trail.

• To deprecate an object, select the object and click the Deprecate button. A message that confirms the deprecation appears. The event is added to the Audit Trail.

• To undeprecate an object, select the object and click the Undeprecate button. A message verifying the undeprecation appears. The event is added to the Audit Trail.