Patent ID: 11314702

Abstract:
A method and system for incrementally revising designated portions of content contained in a medium to provide a new edition and/or a revised edition of the medium, the method including assigning a unique identifier to each element of the content contained in the source version; creating for each element of the content, at least one of a change set file, a logical content store file, or a definition file; receiving from a first author a first modification to a discrete portion of the content, the first modification further comprising: a logical intent of the first author for the first modification, a purpose of the first author for the first modification, or a goal of the first author for the first modification; storing the first modification in a corresponding first change set file; receiving from a second author a second modification to the discrete portion of the content, the second modification further comprising: a logical intent of the second author for the second modification, a purpose of the second author for the second modification, or a goal of the second author for the second modification; storing the second modification in a corresponding second change set file; and merging the first change set file and the second change set file into the medium.