System and method for the delivery of software documentation

A system for creating a documentation set, comprising:

• one or more software or documentation repositories;
• a build system to identify source files in the one or more software or documentation repositories to be included in the documentation set;
• a source metadata tagger and document compiler to create a final output document, the final output document comprising software documentation created using source files from the one or more software or documentation repositories, wherein the source metadata tagger and document compiler inserts metadata into the final output document, the metadata indicative of a location of each source file used to create the final output document, wherein the metadata comprises a one way hash of the location of each source file;
• an application widget that is embedded in a viewable version of the final output document, wherein the application widget allows a reviewer to highlight a section of the viewable version of the final output document and to input a text comment;
• and
• an Action Broker application, wherein the application widget posts data to the Action Broker application, wherein the data includes the text comment and other metadata;
• and wherein the Action Broker application creates a work ticket associated with the text comment, wherein the work ticket includes a name of the source file with which the text comment is associated.