10. An article of manufacture comprising: (A) a content management system comprising: a content modification mechanism that detects a change to a shared document in a repository, and in response thereto, inserts applicability metadata in the shared document; and a voting mechanism that receives votes from parent documents of the shared document to accept or reject the change made to the shared document, wherein if the votes received from the parent documents to accept the change meet a defined voting threshold, the content modification mechanism removes the applicability metadata in the shared document; and (B) computer-readable media bearing the content management system.
10. An article of manufacture comprising: (A) a content management system comprising: a content modification mechanism that detects a change to a shared document in a repository, and in response thereto, inserts applicability metadata in the shared document; and a voting mechanism that receives votes from parent documents of the shared document to accept or reject the change made to the shared document, wherein if the votes received from the parent documents to accept the change meet a defined voting threshold, the content modification mechanism removes the applicability metadata in the shared document; and (B) computer-readable media bearing the content management system. 11. The article of manufacture of claim 10 wherein the content modification mechanism notifies parent documents to the shared document of the change made to the shared document.