Method and system for enabling collaborative authoring of hierarchical documents with associated business logic

摘要

A method in a computer system is disclosed for enabling authors to work on hierarchical documents. The method comprises retrieving a hierarchical document from a server computing device, modifying the retrieved hierarchical document, sending an indication of the modification to the server computing device, and when the modification cannot be applied on the server computing device, reverting the modified hierarchical document to a current form of the hierarchical document on the server computing device. A system is disclosed for receiving a registration request from a business logic event handler, registering the business logic event handler, and performing function relating to indications from the business logic event handler.