3.1 Joining a Session
The design behind this system starts with every member of
a working group connecting to a central server using their
personal iPads and opening a copy of the collaborative document. Collaboration not only focuses on the exchange of
information, but also the long-term persistence or storage
of the information afterwards, e.g. oral information is not
retained unless it is recorded. Therefore, to ensure each user
is left with a marked up document at the end of the session,
these documents are stored directly on each user's machine.