On 10/06/13 22:34, Upayavira wrote:
For the uninitiated, what is OT?
Operational transformation - wikipedia describes it far better than I could:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_transformation
And the woefully inaccurate novices explanation:
It's basically "merge rules" - when multiple people edit the same
document, how do you merge those changes - with the objective of
producing a consistent final document, i.e. so all collaborators
eventually see the same thing.
Using OT allows me to see my changes to a document immediately, despite
someone else editing the same document at the same time (with unknown
wire latency), because the algorithm ensures the merge will happen in a
consistent way when all ends eventually catch up.
Dave
