The Web is also a system on life support as authors struggle to create and maintain Web sites, and users drown in a sea of unorganized information. By allowing anyone to publish and view information, this interactive forum is challenging both print and television. The World Wide Web (Web) is a powerful new medium that is revolutionizing communications. My friends, for forcing me to hang out instead of working on this thesis.ġ.2ğirst Generation Web Authoring Systems *įigure 13: Word Processor Collaboration Support * My family, for making sure I spent every waking moment working on this thesis. I also thank Thomas for his prompt email. Thomas Reardon of Microsoft, who encouraged me to expand and generalize my base idea into a general-purpose system. Jim helped refine my ideas, correct zillions of grammatical errors, and introduced me to other people who were able to contribute. Jim Miller of MIT, who despite his many responsibilities, found the time to take me on as an advisee. However, since this is not an awards ceremony, I limit my gratitude to a finite number of people. Many people deserve thanks for helping me through this thesis. Title: Research Associate, World Wide Web Consortium Keywords: Collaborative Editing, iShare, Platform for Internet Content Selection, Revision Control System, URN The iShare protocol leverages existing Internet protocols and is implemented via an add-on the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser. Authors don’t need write access on the original document, don’t need to communicate with each other, and don’t need to communicate with a central server. These annotations are created solely on the author’s machine, and can be stored in any Internet addressable object. IShare is a distributed versioning protocol that allows authors to create annotations asynchronously and in parallel with each other. In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Jason Bryce to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduceĪnd to distribute copies of this thesis document in whole or in part,ĭepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceĬhairman, Department Committee on Graduate Theses Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceĪt the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyĬopyright 1997 Jason Bryce Thomas. In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science IShare ~ Document Annotation and Version Control for the Internet
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