CCDES - A COLLABORATIVE COMPOUND DOCUMENT EDITING SYSTEM

A collaborative editing systems allows co-authors at different locatio ns to edit a shared view of a single document simultaneously. A compou nd document binds various types of information to create a single seam less presentation. A collaborative compound document editing system is developed to combine both the systems described above. It supports di stributed editing with replicated compound documents, and integrates n otification mechanisms into concurrence control modules. The real-time conversational facilities and the mechanisms for tolerating the proce ss faults are provided. The collaborative compound document editing sy stem is endured with the coordinating and data exchanging capabilities . This paper also discusses design issues such as multi-user interface s and the presentation of compound documents, and proposes our approac hes.