## 4 Application Scenarios for SciFlow
### Writing a Thesis  
The first document that was written with the implementation of the SciFlow concept was [PERSON]'s master thesis [24]. To give an idea what the writing and review process for such an example looks like, we will now describe a simplified process from writing a first draft to the export of the final document.  
We will follow the example of the grad student [PERSON]. Assisting her are her thesis advisor [PERSON] and her fellow student [PERSON]. Upon completion, Professor [PERSON] will read and mark her thesis.  
Before [PERSON] can start writing her document, [PERSON] as one of professor [PERSON] research assistants **sets up the SciFlow environment**. To do that she selects the LaTeX style file they have already been using. This style file sets up the document margins as well as the citation style and the layout of the bibliography and will later determine the layout of the final thesis. Now she sends the link to the SciFlow writing client to her student [PERSON] along with a username and an automatically assigned password. [PERSON] opens the link and is guided through the installation process. Through this website Adobe AIR and the SciFlow client are installed within a minute. Once she has done so, she may log in with her credentials and start writing. [PERSON] begins with typing some text and uses the styles drawer of the SciFlow client (see Figure 1) to **create her chapter structure and a first draft**. Once she has done so, [PERSON] decides to consult [PERSON] to be sure that the structure is set up right. She clicks _sharing_ and enters [PERSON]'s email address. [PERSON] now receives an email with the link to a **review website**. Since [PERSON] is currently traveling back from a conference, she opens the link on her mobile phone and begins reading. When she sees something noteworthy, she uses the review website's comment function.  
[PERSON] has added the RSS feed for the comments to her E-Mail application, so when [PERSON] starts reviewing the document, she gets notified and launches the SciFlow writing client. The client now starts synchronizing and **displays comments next to the paragraphs** they were meant for. Once she has worked through all comments, she marks them as _read_.  
[PERSON] prefers to **review** [PERSON]'s work **on paper**, so [PERSON] clicks export and selects _for review_. She receives a link to a PDF which she prints out for [PERSON]. Once [PERSON] has annotated the document, [PERSON] may use the _quick access codes_ that are displayed alongside each paragraph to quickly find the text in the SciFlow client, even though she has modified the document and has moved sections around (see Section 3.2.4.)  
While [PERSON] is writing, her **hard drive crashes**, rendering the device useless. After a brief moment of panic, she remembers that the SciFlow client had notified her of a backup just a minute before the crash. She borrows her fellow student [PERSON]'s laptop and sets up the SciFlow writing software by again, following [PERSON]'s email. Only this time, when she logs in, the client begins to download the document she had been working on and all figures and references from the SciFlow asset and bibliography manager, she had saved already.  
So far, Professor [PERSON] has only seen a preliminary outline of the thesis. At the end of writing he now has to **review and grade** [PERSON]'s work, which adds to his workload of ten theses which he has had for review already. Before using SciFlow, Professor [PERSON] often found himself in situations where he had time for review, but did not have the documents at hand. Now, he takes his e-reader (e.g., Amazon Kindle) with him, when he leaves the office. When he finds some time before a meeting or while intransit to work, he uses the commenting function of the e-reader to make notes on documents he has to review. Once back at the office, the device synchronizes his notes with the SciFlow software client.