Collaborative Writing Is Hard to Support: A Field Study of Collaborative Writing

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-51

  Tammaro, S G ^a   Mosier, J N ^a   Goodwin, N C ^b   Spitz, G ^b  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BBN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative editing; Collaborative writing; Computer supported writing; Cooperative work; Group communication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COLLABORATIVE WRITING TOOLS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED WRITING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE INSTANT UPDATE;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 0030655279     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008636321493     Document Type: Article

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