Integrate mapper-level version_id_col with versioned_history

Integrate mapper-level version_id_col with versioned_history

as the versioned_history example supplies an integer version
counter for the purposes of generating an audit trail, this
counter is also suited to be used for optimistic concurrency
detection using the version_id_col feature.   Build upon
the test that was first added in ac54ba0f2d8df5a76b6852841b6b3321c0e6c0e2
to provide a flag and some basic documentation.

Fixes: #2861
Change-Id: I50236beae4c49b33ada8fdcc4c524273b4e21c75
(cherry picked from commit 48b37a062a26a41bd5c9243d2365a6c06a77a347)