Identifying micro-editing experts within an appropriate network

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• one or more computers programmed for:
• accessing reference materials from an online resource;
• receiving a request from a user to identify one or more micro-editing experts associated with the accessed reference materials;
• responsive to the request, performing a version analysis of the reference materials to identify different versions of the reference materials from an update history of the reference materials, wherein the reference materials comprise at least one online document created and modified in real-time using a collaborative editor;
• analyzing collaborative or social reference data for the different versions of the reference materials to identify authors and contributors of a subject matter contained in the reference materials;
• assigning affinity weights to each of the authors and contributors of the subject matter contained in the reference materials based on the authors' and contributors' contributing history associated with the collaborative or social reference data;
• aggregating the assigned affinity weights to generate a cumulative relevance for each of the authors and contributors, wherein the cumulative relevance is used to infer which of the authors and contributors are the one or more micro-editing experts for the subject matter contained in the reference materials;
• and
• generating a view that identifies the one or more micro-editing experts to the user.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more computers to cause the computers to perform a method, comprising:

• accessing reference materials from an online resource;
• receiving a request from a user to identify one or more micro-editing experts associated with the accessed reference materials;
• responsive to the request, performing a version analysis of the reference materials to identify different versions of the reference materials from an update history of the reference materials, wherein the reference materials comprise at least one online document created and modified in real-time using a collaborative editor;
• analyzing collaborative or social reference data for the different versions of the reference materials to identify authors and contributors of a subject matter contained in the reference materials;
• assigning affinity weights to each of the authors and contributors of the subject matter contained in the reference materials based on the authors' and contributors' contributing history associated with the collaborative or social reference data;
• aggregating the assigned affinity weights to generate a cumulative relevance for each of the authors and contributors, wherein the cumulative relevance is used to infer which of the authors and contributors are the one or more micro-editing experts for the subject matter contained in the reference materials;
• and
• generating a view that identifies the one or more micro-editing experts to the user.