With IBM® Rational® Asset Manager,
you can use lifecycle workflows or review processes to ensure that
an asset is complete, accurate, and optimized for reuse.
Repository administrators define the workflows for asset review,
called master lifecycles, at the repository level. Community administrators
can extend the lifecycles with further specifications for the assets
in their communities. Lifecycle managers can extend a lifecycle with
further specifications for a specific asset.
When an asset
can enter either a lifecycle or a review process
An asset
can be governed only by a single lifecycle or review process. When
you submit an asset to a community, the asset enters a lifecycle or
workflow in this order:
- First, the asset is checked to determine if it can be part of
any master lifecycles in the repository.
- Then, the asset is checked to determine if it can be part of any
community lifecycles.
- If no lifecycles apply to the asset, it is checked to determine
if it can be part of any review processes that are created in the
repository or community.
- If no review processes apply, the asset enters a simple, implicit
lifecycle process.