One way to think of this is a powerpoint presenetation you
are working on. For example: you start the power point and check it
in. Version 1. Now you check it out, make a few changes adda few
pages etc then check it in. Version 2. You keep doing this until
you feel the presentation is ready to give. Now you put it through
the workflow state where the revision is incremented. It is now
revision A, version 3.
Now, you give this presentation to the first customer. After that
you realize it can be better based on their feedback. You go into
PDMWE, check out the file and make more changes going through the
check in/check out process until the version is 17. Once again you
go through the workflow state to increment the revision. It is now
revision B, version 18.
The only two items that really mater are revisions A & B. B is
the latest presentation. If another person now needs to give this
presentation they use revision B. The versions are just the working
copies tracking the history of each change.
Hope this helps a little.
Jeff
What are asking? It appears that you have one scheme that contains a letter, and the other does not. Is that not sufficient to distinguish?
I also found this somewhat confusing when I first got into PDMWE. As you stated, a new version is created every time a change is made to a document on the vault. So basically, every time a document is checked in that has been modified since the last checkin. A revision is a value that is generally applied to let you know about the workflow process. For example, every time a document reaches the approved state in workflow, an incremental revision number is applied. But revisions can be used in many different ways. Hopefully that helps a little.
One way to think of this is a powerpoint presenetation you are working on. For example: you start the power point and check it in. Version 1. Now you check it out, make a few changes adda few pages etc then check it in. Version 2. You keep doing this until you feel the presentation is ready to give. Now you put it through the workflow state where the revision is incremented. It is now revision A, version 3.