diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 5795ac9..ea091e2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ $Id$
 - media assets: allow for access restriction for viewing larger than a
   given maximum size (via option ``media.unauthorized_max_size``)
 - external editor functionality: include title field in data in order to
-  make it work correctly with the current version of the client module
+  make it work correctly with the current version of the client module;
+  ignore versioning requests (saveasnewversion)
 - suppress node view reload when node has been modified in management interface
 - overwrite also basic attributes via addObject(), e.g. when importing loops data
 - allow editing/creation of work items by others (creator, admin),
diff --git a/browser/configure.zcml b/browser/configure.zcml
index f804955..92746a0 100644
--- a/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -502,16 +502,23 @@
       permission="zope.ManageContent">
   </page>
 
+  <page
+      name="saveasnewversion"
+      for="loops.interfaces.INode"
+      class="loops.browser.node.NodeView"
+      attribute="externalEditorSaveAsNewVersion"
+      permission="zope.ManageContent">
+  </page>
+
+  <!-- not used -->
   <pages for="loops.interfaces.IResource"
          class="loops.browser.resource.ExternalEditorView"
          permission="zope.ManageContent">
-
     <page name="external_edit" attribute="load" />
     <!--
     <page name="save" attribute="save" />
     <page name="lock" attribute="lock" />
     <page name="unlock" attribute="unlock" />-->
-
   </pages>
 
   <!-- query views -->
diff --git a/browser/node.py b/browser/node.py
index 731910f..5b295fd 100644
--- a/browser/node.py
+++ b/browser/node.py
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ class NodeView(BaseView):
         self.recordAccess('external_edit')
         return ExternalEditorView(target, self.request).load(url=url)
 
+    def externalEditorSaveAsNewVersion(self):
+        # ignore versioning requests issued by external editor client
+        pass
+
     # work items
 
     @Lazy
diff --git a/browser/resource.py b/browser/resource.py
index 08e3dda..f468ac5 100644
--- a/browser/resource.py
+++ b/browser/resource.py
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ class DocumentView(ResourceView):
 
 
 class ExternalEditorView(ExternalEditorView, BaseView):
+    # obsolete, base class is used immediately
 
     def load(self, url=None):
         #context = removeSecurityProxy(self.context)