A framework for continuous real-time collaborative editing

Abstract

In the field of document editing, a real-time collaborative editing that multiple users edit a same document simultaneously has been actively studied. The co-editing session should be kept for the synchronization about the changes during the real-time collaborative editing of documents among the participants. If the session ends during collaborative editing, they wouldn't be able to continue co-editing anymore. The purpose of this study is to develop a framework for Continuous Real-time Collaborative Editing that disconnects the session in unintended situations. Participants should be able to terminate editing at any time in opened co-editing session, and a certain participant is able to disconnect because of unstable networks. In this case, the editing session should be maintained without termination.