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BibliographyBurger, Cora; Schramm, Oliver: Co-authoring in dynamic teams with mobile inividuals.
In: Gellersen (ed.): Proceedings of the International Symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing (HUC 99).
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 1707, pp. 374-376, english.
Karlsruhe, Germany: Springer-Verlag, September 1999.
Article in Proceedings (Conference Paper).
CR-SchemaC.2.4 (Distributed Systems)
H.4.1 (Office Automation)
KeywordsHandheld CSCW; joint editing; CORBA
Abstract

Current solutions to support co-authoring of documents focus on building new systems for participants who are assumed to be connected permanently by a network. We propose an alternate approach, that copes with heterogeneous editing systems and increasing usage of mobile/handheld devices. Each person is allowed to use its favorite editor for isolated as well as for cooperative work. This is achieved by using a global standardized document format and a suited platform. By choosing a wide spread platform, the flexibility to constitute arbitrary teams in spontaneous manner is increased. To treat the mobility problem, participants have representatives in a static part of the network. A prototypical implementation is presented connecting Emacs with LaTex mode to a distributed document environment based on SGML and CORBA.

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Contactcaburger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed High-Performance Systems, Distributed Systems
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Entry dateJuly 20, 2001
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