A communication and collaboration system, comprising:
- one or more processing devices;
- a network interface;
- non-transitory memory that stores instructions that when executed by the one or more processing devices are configured to cause the communication and collaboration system to perform operations comprising:
- provide a user interface for display on a first user device that enables a first user at a first entity having a first permission to define a first collaboration object comprising a hierarchical definition, the first user device associated with a first user of a first entity;
- receive a hierarchical definition of the first collaboration object from the first user device, the hierarchical definition identifying at least a second collaboration object and a third collaboration object;
- receive, via the network interface, a first image of the first collaboration object, receive a second image of the second collaboration object, and receive a third image of the third collaboration object;
- receive, via the network interface, a first attribute of the first collaboration object, receive a second attribute of the second collaboration object, and receive a third attribute of the third collaboration object;
- generate a hierarchical representation of the first collaboration object;
- cause the hierarchical representation of the first collaboration object to be rendered on the first user device, the hierarchical representation of the first collaboration object comprising the first image of the first collaboration object positioned at a first level of the hierarchical representation, the second image of the second collaboration object at a second level of the hierarchical representation, and the third image of the third collaboration object at a third level of the hierarchical representation;
- cause the second attribute to be rendered on the first user device in association with the second image and cause the third attribute to be rendered on the first user device in association with the third image;
- cause a value calculated using the second attribute and the third attribute to be rendered on the first user device in association with the first image;
- enable an authorized second user of a second entity to access the first collaboration object, including the first image of the first collaboration object via a second user device;
- cause the first image of the first collaboration object to be rendered via the second user device in association with an annotation tool;
- receive a first graphical annotation to the first image of the first collaboration object from the second user device;
- automatically assign an identifier to the first graphical annotation to the first image;
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- cause the identifier assigned to the first graphical annotation to the first image to be rendered in association with the first graphical annotation to the first image.