Live documents with contextual, data-driven information components

  • Authors:
  • Anke Weber;Holger M. Kienle;Hausi A. Müller

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Victoria, Canada, Victoria, BC;University of Victoria, Canada, Victoria, BC;University of Victoria, Canada, Victoria, BC

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 20th annual international conference on Computer documentation
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We introduce the notion of a live document and we describe our concept of live documents with contextual, data driven information components. The dynamic and interactive features of live documents provide a consistent data source for multimedia presentations targeted to various audiences and multiple platforms. Therefore, they contribute to the solution of key challenges in single sourcing and repurposing. We motivate the use of live documents with sample scenarios from the field of systems documentation. We further discuss how live documents can benefit from an interdisciplinary research approach across the fields of technical communications, systems documentation, and software engineering. Finally, cit_af ref_bf(Greenberg, Saul 2001 ref_num129)ref_we describe our experiences with prototype implementations of live documents based on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Microsoft Office Automation, respectively.