About

What

A ColDoc is a collaborative document.

Why

There are two main frameworks currently used to present information (in particular, related to scientific fields).
  • A document redacted with the standard LaTeX/PDF toolbox. Pros: these documents are state-of-the-art quality. Cons: the final user has no way of interacting with a PDF document (other than sending an e-mail to the original authors)
  • The Web 2.0 way (think of: Wikipedia, Stack Exchange...). Pros: in those frameworks, content is continuously developed and augmented by users. Cons: the end result, though, is fragmented, and cannot (in general) be presented as an unified document.
A ColDoc tries to get the best of two publishing frameworks.

How

The ColDoc project is still in its infancy; the source code is available for anyone to help.