Computer aided document engineering
G. Ken Holman · Conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research · 1994
The Document Development Life Cycle (DDLC) covers all aspects of the use of structured electronic documents. Without a frame of reference, however, the DDLC lacks a focus to position various critical steps and tools required for the successful design, creation, and use of such documents.This paper describes a vendor-, product- and platform-independent framework named Computer Aided Document Engineering (CADE) which consists of a number of methodological phases that work in a circular fashion for electronic documents. The nature of each phase, the type of tools appropriate for its support, and the nature of outputs produced at it are presented. CADE provides that frame of reference for the understanding of the role played by different methodologies, tools, and outputs of the DDLC.