Helpful for discussion (we did this) to use this analogy or something similar (probably can think of a much better analogy):
- Fill up a box with all needed stuff for some purpose; have all check and agree done.
- Use some special tape to close up the box
- Then, put the tape inside the box
- Oops - can't do this
The state change is the electronic control point that the company has to ensure that the data is ready for use. It has to be done after all the changes content changes (iterations via Check out / Check in) have been made. So - Doesn't make sense to include STATE as part of drawing content (but absolutely does make sense to include version).