Online Editing, Mark‐Up Models, and the Workplace Lives of Editors and Writers

This article considers online editing from the perspective both of editors and their employers. It reviews the role of the editor in workplace writing and the status of both general computer use and online editing. Then, the chapter considers how organizations and editors view online editing, concluding that online editing will gradually take hold in the workplace. It also examines both the perspective of organizations and the perspective of editors on the use of online editing. Then, the chapter considers the most fundamental characteristic of any online editing tool: the mark‐up model it embodies. The aim is to delineate the concept of a mark‐up model, illustrate the most important models, and argue that the choice of a mark‐up model and an online editing tool have many important implications. Finally, it assumes that any useful online editing tool will enable two‐way messaging between editor and author.