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[ecf-dev] Shared Editor Usage Scenarios
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Hello,
I've been thinking about various ways groups might use shared
editing. My initial (base) use case was a distributed development
team, perhaps in a design meeting or doing code review. However I
can think of a few other scenarios. These scenarios also imply
better sharing models:
1. Instructor use case. In an education context, one peer may
have exclusive write access to an editor, others would be read
only. Additionally, file open/close actions on the instructor
node would propagate to "student" nodes.
2. Document collaboration use case: A document (rtf, etc.) is being
edited by a group. Higher levels of locking semantics are
required, as these people are not developers (or even if they are) and
may be confused by free-for-all shared editing.
a) A token style workflow,
where the user with the token can edit, and can also pass the token to
other users in the collaboration context.
b) A lock style workflow,
where a user locks a portion (paragraph? line item?) of a
document. Others cannot edit until locker unlocks.
Any thoughts? Any other use cases people can think of? I
may work on implementing these in the shared editor if they seem of
value to others.
Thanks
Ken