authoring

== English == === Verb === authoring present participle and gerund of author === Noun === authoring (plural authorings) The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition. The result of this process; a writing or composition. ==== Usage notes ==== The sense of the process of composition is very common in computing and multimedia. Also often in attribution: an authoring tool, i.e. a tool used for authoring. ==== Quotations ==== 1995, Hazel Henderson, Paradigms in Progress [1] Hence our readings and subsequent authorings tend to be partial and one sided, [...] 1999, Edward W Soja, Postmetropolis [2] While these authorings have not gone uncontested, unopposed, unresisted, they have been hegemonic. 2003, A. Robert Lee, Multicultural American Literature [3] English-language authorings offer a complement. 2004, Lee Purcell, Making DVDs [4] The DVD authoring in this process relies on providing a digital master of the video and a time-coded VHS cassette to the person handling the authoring. ==== Derived terms ==== authoring program authoring tool authorware collaborative authoring