>So how is MVS supposed to distinguish between an instance of someone who 
>shouldn't be editing the data or has no intention of saving vs. someone who is 
>editing critical changes that must be saved before the next remote GET should 
>be allowed

Can't do it.
Using EDIT as BROWSE is an educational issue.
Step 1: if the user shouldn't be reading/editing, block it with your ESM.
Step 2: teach your users to use BROWSE (or, gasp, VIEW) to browse and EDIT to 
edit.
(It's the old: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this" -- "Then STOP doing that")
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Too busy driving to stop for gas!

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