Narratives to preserve coherence in collaborative writing
Narratives to preserve coherence in collaborative writing
During collaborative writing, shared documents are replicated on geographically distant sites. Each user works on an individual copy. This results in divergent copies. Merging techniques such as those proposed by the Operational Transformation (OT) approach reconcile the differences among the replicas and ensure their convergence. Although the merging techniques resolve conflicting syntax, they do not help preserve coherence which is an important aspect of an effective document. Therefore, we investigate the use of ideas from narrative-based writing to improve the coherence of the document during collaborative editing. Narrative-based writing is a new technique for planning documents that enhances the implicit story conveyed by a document to the readers; thereby improving coherence. This paper presents a discussion of this investigation.
Collaborative writing, Merging documents, Narrative-based writing, Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)
De Silva, Nishadi
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Skaf-Molli, Hala
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2006
De Silva, Nishadi
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Skaf-Molli, Hala
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De Silva, Nishadi and Skaf-Molli, Hala
(2006)
Narratives to preserve coherence in collaborative writing.
The Eighth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems, Banff, Canada.
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During collaborative writing, shared documents are replicated on geographically distant sites. Each user works on an individual copy. This results in divergent copies. Merging techniques such as those proposed by the Operational Transformation (OT) approach reconcile the differences among the replicas and ensure their convergence. Although the merging techniques resolve conflicting syntax, they do not help preserve coherence which is an important aspect of an effective document. Therefore, we investigate the use of ideas from narrative-based writing to improve the coherence of the document during collaborative editing. Narrative-based writing is a new technique for planning documents that enhances the implicit story conveyed by a document to the readers; thereby improving coherence. This paper presents a discussion of this investigation.
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Published date: 2006
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Event Dates: November, 2006
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The Eighth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems, Banff, Canada, 2006-11-01
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Collaborative writing, Merging documents, Narrative-based writing, Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)
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Electronics & Computer Science
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Local EPrints ID: 263119
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/263119
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Nishadi De Silva
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Hala Skaf-Molli
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