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Asynchronous collaborative writing through annotations

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Chunhua Weng,

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CSCW '04: Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work

Pages 578 - 581

https://doi.org/10.1145/1031607.1031705

Published: 06 November 2004 Publication History

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Annotation is central to iterative reviewing and revising activities in asynchronous collaborative writing. Currently most digital annotation models and systems assume static context information and provide far less functionality than physical annotations. We extend prior annotation research by Marshall and Cadiz and design an activity-oriented annotation model to mimic the rich functionality of physical annotations for an enhanced collaborative writing process. In this model, we define an annotation life cycle and support annotation version control. We implement a collaborative writing system that supports improved in-situ communication and cross-role feedback based on our annotation model.

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Asynchronous collaborative writing through annotations
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools
      1. Asynchronous editors
    2. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
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