I have a requirement for a client where they require SharePoint 2007 (to be confirmed) to be the Document Management repository for creating and storing documentation. However the “end game” is to have an online HTML manual where you can click to the various pages through links, sort of like a book.

The client wants to know how MOSS can provide such an HTML user interface that can overlay the repository. Due to the expected number of pages – in the thousands – it is safe to say that manual creation of the pages is out of scope, through web-based authoring or cut and paste. The requirements around the manual are still being defined but a degree of automation of publishing the documents into a structure that retains its integrity in terms of the links between the various pages (sections/chapters) of the manual is probably a reasonable expectation.

The documents in the repository that comprise the manual will potentially be updated on a monthly basis. It seems reasonable that a re-publish step can be done manually although understanding dynamic publishing in MOSS will be useful too. The content will be approved prior to publishing as HTML and a single workflow process for approving the document AND publishing is probably not required.