Computer support for distributed collaborative writing: defining parameters of interaction

ABSTRACT

This paper reports research to define a set of interaction parameters that collaborative writers will find useful. Our approach is to provide parameters of interaction and to locate the decision of how to set the parameters with the users. What is new in this paper is the progress we have made outlining task management parameters, notification, scenarios of use, as well as some implementation architectures.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)

General Terms:
Theory

Keywords:
collaborative writing, computer-supported cooperative work, parameters of interaction, synchronous/asynchronous