Hypertext document generator in a computer supported cooperative work environment

Abstract

Distributed Collaborative Writing Aid (DCWA) is an environment developed for a group of designers to work together. It provides real-time communication that enables collaboration members to share ideas while working together. The emphasis of this paper is on the process of integrating and generating documents. This process involves creating, editing, and revising a document tree structure and integrating textual, graphic, and image components into a complete document. HTML is chosen as the format for the integrated documents generated by DCWA. With this capability, collaboration members can tailor the collaboration document to meet their individual needs.