The Research Of OpenOffice.org-based Cooperative Editing System-zOffice

In this article it introduces how to develop a cooperative editing system based on Openoffice.org. It explains the design and implementation of the model system-zEditor.In the first place it introduces the computer cooperative work-CSCW and cooperative editing. In the second place it analysis zOffice's frame and method of development from OpenOffice.org to zOffice. And it emphasizes to introduce two cooperative editing modules-user management module and document management module. Then explain the design and implementation of text cooperative editing system-zEditor, which is based on the method, analysis above. The last is conclusion and prospect.The OA system is not merely of document edit. Multi-user's document cooperative editing system is needed badly[1]. Document cooperative editing is a new development direction of OA system. The design of zOffice is a new try to design the document cooperative editing system. It is a reference of designing the document cooperative editing system on theory and development method.