Software to Aid Collaboration: Focus on Collaborative Authoring

Bordin Sapsomboon, Restiani Andriati,
Linda Roberts and Michael B. Spring

Fri Jan 31 13:59:21 EST 1997

This is a preliminary draft of a report to the National Institute of Standards and Technology on the features to be expected in Collaborative Authoring Software. Comments, corrections, and additions are most welcome and should be directed to spring@sis.pitt.edu

Department of Information Science and Telecommunications

School of Information Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA

• Preface
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Introduction
  • Context
  • Overview
• Background
  • Definitions
  • Framework
  • Research and Theory for Computer Based Collaboration
  • Computer Support of Collaborative Authoring
• Services and Features of Groupware Systems
  • Existing Feature Sets
  • A Taxonomic Feature Set
  • Some Collaborative Authoring Services and Features
• Selected Groupware Tools, Programs, and Systems
  • Tools
  • Programs
  • Integrated Systems and Environments
• Toolkits and Research Prototypes
  • Groupware Toolkits
  • Specialized Research Prototypes for a Collaborative Authoring
• The World Wide Web (WWW) and Collaborative Software
• Principles for CSCW Design
• Collaborative Authoring & Technical Writing
  • Introduction
  • The Writing Task
  • Writing Strategy Models
  • Technical Writing
  • Collaboration and Collaborative Authoring
  • Collaborative Writing
  • Computer-based Authoring Systems
  • Additional Viewpoints on the Design of Collaborative Authoring Systems
  • Conclusion
• CASCADE
  • Design Philosophy
  • Architecture and Structure of CASCADE
  • Functional Overview of CASCADE
  • Data Streams in CASCADE
• Introduction to SGML
• References
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