System design for an integrated document system and its impact on standards development efficiency

Author

Willms, Swantje ; Morse, Emile ; Spring, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

18-20 Aug 1996

Firstpage

741

Lastpage

746

Abstract

The development of information technology standards is slow and expensive. Spring et al. (1994) suggested electronic document development tools for improving the process. CASCADE, a system developed at the University of Pittsburgh, supports collaborative authoring. CASCADE was tested in a review of comments made on a mock ballot of POSIX 1003.21 to determine the reliability and accuracy of a parser for mail delivered comments and to gather preliminary usability data. Asynchronous electronic commenting and comment review can improve both the quality and speed of standards development

Keywords

authoring systems; document handling; groupware; software standards; software tools; systems analysis; CASCADE; POSIX; asynchronous electronic commenting; collaborative authoring; comment review; document development tools; information technology standards; integrated document system; mail delivered comments; parser; quality; standards development efficiency; system design; usability data; Binary search trees; Birth disorders; Costs; Electronic mail; Identity-based encryption; Information science; Information technology; Springs; Standardization; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering and Technology Management, 1996. IEMC 96. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3552-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.1996.547910

Filename

547910