Realtime Cloud Collaborative Editing
Realtime cloud collaborative editing - is the editing of documents and creation of digital assets - done over the internet - where a large group of people can edit the same document or asset at the same time.
Cloud refers to the documents being on-line - accessible by anyone anywhere in the world.
Realtime means that many people can edit at the same time, and see others' changes at the same time as they are made.
Collaborative means many people doing this together, and with realtime - at the same time.
Currently, OSE uses Google Slides for collaborative design and build documentation. OSE also uses Part Libraries for realtime CAD development where many people work on individual modules which can then be assembled into a larger design (assembly) - all at the same time. In the CAD workflow using FreeCAD - realtime changes are not seen - but they are seen only upon a new file being loaded. With basic python programming, this process can be automated such that the CAD models change in realtime. OSE has not implemented this explicit realtime updating of CAD documents as of 202o - but this is something that could be done relatively easily with a script.