A flexible authoring process for collaborative authoring based on document fragments and contracts
Stéphane Sire, Yassin Rekik, Christine Vanoirbeek · Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) · 2001
Many research work on collaborative authoring focuses on providing an adequate framework for the authoring process. In this article, we propose document farms as a simple computer infrastructure from which it is possible to derive various authoring processes. We follow a structured document approach, with a document model completed by fragment and contract definitions. The result is a collaborative authoring process which can be constrained during the document class definition, or during the document instantiation. The general architecture of a document farm is described, as well as interfaces that promote more intimate interaction with the document structure.