Collaborative Document Editing with Traceable History
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current contract negotiation process is asynchronous and offline, making it difficult to track content modifications and status in real-time among collaborators.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method and apparatus that generates a collaborative document, establishes association relationships between users, and allows online editing with traceable editing information, enabling multiple users to edit documents synchronously and retain editing history.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If online synchronous editing is implemented, then collaboration efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback mechanisms where editing information is immediately generated and displayed when users perform edit operations. The second associated area provides continuous feedback about who is editing what content, enabling synchronous collaboration while managing system complexity through structured information flow
Solution Approach 2:
The document interface is segmented into multiple associated areas (first associated area for user identification, second associated area for editing information). This segmentation allows different types of collaboration data to be organized and managed separately, reducing overall system complexity while enabling efficient multi-user editing
2Reliability
If editing history is retained, then traceability is improved, but information storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Editing history and traceability information are extracted into a separate second associated area, distinct from the main document content. This extraction allows editing traces to be retained for reliability while managing storage requirements by separating essential document content from historical record data
3Loss of time
If multiple users can edit simultaneously, then communication efficiency is improved, but conflict management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary editing information record that mediates between multiple users' edit operations. This intermediary structure captures who made what changes and when, enabling simultaneous editing while providing a clear mechanism for resolving conflicts through structured edit history rather than direct user conflict
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides an information processing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium. The information processing method includes: receiving a first document, and generating a second document based on the first document; establishing an association relationship between the second document and at least one associated person, and displaying the association relationship in a first associated area of a content area of the second document; and receiving an edit operation performed by the associated person on the content area of the second document, and generating editing information in a second associated area of the content area of the second document based on the edit operation.