[ecf-dev] Shared Editor Usage Scenarios

["Ken Gilmer" <kgilmer@xxxxxxxxx>]

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