Drafting ordinances, guidelines, and other documents commonly involve multiple departments and staff. While important, this collaboration is often made difficult by the availability or choice of software.
Sharing a document for comments and edits by several individuals presents problems in following the sequence of remarks and edits, especially when edits are overwritten with more recent edits, and in version control and management. Unfortunately, the process can be undone by confusion, error, and an inordinate consumption of time.
