Patent ID: 8135673

Claim:
A computer implemented method for dynamic display of revision indicia in an information product, comprising: receiving, in a content management system, at least one revision to at least one element of a structured content stored in a content repository; in response to the revision, creating a new version of the at least one element that was revised in the structured content; storing a revision time in association with the at least one element revised in the content repository using an element version creation time, the structured content including revision information for multiple information products that are to be derived from the structured content; adding a time-stamp metadata derived from the element version creation time to each element of the structured content when the structured content is exported from the content repository to a publication system for publication, the element version creation time created prior to the time-stamp metadata; receiving the content in a publishing system, and, during a rendering process implemented in the publishing system: comparing the time-stamp metadata of each element with a baseline date; positioning a revision indicia proximate at least one changed element of the structured content that has been revised subsequent to the baseline date, the revision indicia positioned proximate the at least one changed element during the rendering of the structured content; and displaying to a display device on a client computer the information product along with the revision indicia.