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Abstract

A system and method of processing an authoring assignment enable an authoring assignment to be requested, forwarded, created, modified, accepted, rejected, and published electronically. A request that an authoring assignment be completed may be created and communicated electronically using an authoring assignment processing system. The request may be received by one or more users that may process the assignment. A completed assignment may be forwarded for approval to the user that requested the assignment. The requestor may approve or reject the assignment. A notification may be transmitted, for example, via electronic mail, text message, phone call, facsimile, etc. to the user that created the assignment notifying the user that the assignment has been approved or rejected. The assignment may be forwarded to another user, published, or have another function performed thereon. The system and method may maintain a history of actions performed on the assignment and data relating to each of the actions. Notes and other documents may be attached to the authoring assignment. The request and assignment may be stored as proxy documents. The proxy documents may be converted to a final document upon acceptance of the assignment. The proxy documents contain metadata of the final document that enable the proxy document to act as the final document until the final document is created.

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