協同文件管理之研究

Abstract

長久以來，企業面臨一個如何有效率的處理資訊到處散佈、文件成堆的嚴重問題。隨著網際網路的發展，企業文件存放於各個不同的地點已經是很普遍的情形；這些跨地域性的企業需要透過分散於各個地方的虛擬組織，去分享資訊或協同合作、設計文件，以完成既定目標。 在本論文中，我們研究協同文件的管理，並針對協同文件管理系統開發時可能遇到的問題，提供幾個相對應的解決方案。一個協同文件管理環境是由使用者、文件，以及文件流程所組成。基於簡化的原則，我們針對協同文件管理系統，分別解決使用者管理、文件管理以及文件流程管理所面臨的問題，進而提供一個整合的解決方案。這些問題包括使用者群組管理、文件安全管控機制、文件關係管理以及協同文件流程控制。其他和文件管理有關的議題，例如文件儲存方式、文件編輯器的整合、特定文件內容管理等，並不在本論文中討論。

Enterprises have been confronted with the hurdle of efficiently processing heaps of haphazard documents for a long time. With the growth of Internet, it is common that documents are stored and managed in a distributed fashion. Virtual enterprises whose organizations are located geographically dispersed need to share the disseminated documents or to collaborate the design of documents in an easier way. In this dissertation, we study the management of document collaboration and propose solutions for fundamental problems encountered in the development process of the building blocks of a collaborative document management system. A collaborative document management environment is the composition of users, collaborative documents and the document flows. Based on the principle of separation of concerns, we provide an integrated solution for three orthogonal building blocks, including the user context, the document context and the collaboration context. It covers the user group management, the security policy of documents, the management of document relationships and the control of document flows. Other issues of document managements, such as document storage management, integration of editor tools, and the content management for specific documents, are out of the scope of this dissertation.