Dear Giselle,
LibreOffice <http://www.libreoffice.org/> has collaboration tools built
in, and is available for Linux, MAC, and MS Windows in over 40
languages. Once LibreOffice is installed on the computers of all the
collaborators.
*1. Configure LibreOffice*
First all participants would have to configure LibreOffice to work
collaboratively. (Though this is may be the default it should be checked
before starting.)
1. Open Writer.
2. Select /Tools — Options/ from the menu to open the Options dialogue box.
3. Expand /LibreOffice Writer/ from the list in the left panel.
4. Select /Changes/
5. In the right panel, if not already set, select /By author/ for
/Insertions/, /Deletions/, and /Changed //attributes/.
BTW. This will apply to additions, deletions, changes, and Comments.
Comments are accessed from the menu through /Insert — Comment/ or
/Ctrl-Alt-C/. (Comments are like electronic Post-its.)
*2. Deciding how to collaborate*
As I see it there are 2 ways that these tools could be used.
1. ALL collaborators work on a single copy of a document. (They would
have to do so in series.)
2. Each collaborator works on a separate copy of the document. (In
parallel.)
Then one of the collaborators integrates all the changes and/or
suggestions into one document.
(I do not see how more than one collaborator could work on a
single document simultaneously even if the document was in a
location that could be accessed by all. Even /Authorea/ locks
portions of a document so that only one person can work on that
portion at a time.)
*3. Set the document to record changes*
The document, or the copies of the document, that will by edited have to
be marked to record changes. This is done by:
* Selecting /Edit — Changes — Record/ from the menu while the document
is loaded in /Writer/ and saving the document.
*4. Managing changes*
The /Edit — Changes/ menu option has a /Merge //Document…/ item that is
supposed to merge copies of a document that have been edited this way.
It would be wise to read the manual about using change tracking
options or merging documents to find out exactly how they work.
*5. Bibliographic management*
The Zotero <http://www.zotero.org/> add on, which was created by
academics for academics, should be able to handle all the referencing
that scholars need for their research papers.
BTW. Working with documents in this way, on their own machines, will not
eliminate the possibility of the document(s) being stolen. However, it
will enormously reduce the exposure that working with a copy some where
in cyber space (i.e. a cloud) presents.
On 14-09-09 07:25 AM, Giselle Reis wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Christian Löffelsender (cc'd) contacted me in June with an idea for a
> project in Gnome. He wants to have a way for (academic) writers to
> collaborate on text (papers, books, etc), which would include also a
> bibliography management. On the e-mails we've exchanged, he mentions
> two online (but not optimal) solutions:
>
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