A support system for cooperative software design exercise focusing on editing contexts and relationships among technical documents

Abstract

Most skills and knowledge of cooperative software design can be obtained only through experiences. Especially, technical document writing and its polish involves the contexts such as author's editing intention, advices and questions. It is important but difficult for leaners to share such contexts. This research proposes a support system for drawing technical documents attaching greater importance to proper composition giving thought to the sharing the editing contexts and to relationships among the technical documents and their components. This paper mainly describes overview of a support system for cooperative editing of the technical documents and sharing editing contexts in its process.