Workflow system and method for creating, distributing and publishing content

A method of creating electronic content, the method comprising:

• storing content portions of a to-be-published electronic content work;
• implementing version control of the electronic content work;
• storing defect records related to one or more stored content portions of the to-be-published electronic content work;
• and
• presenting a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored content portions of the to-be-published electronic content work, editing the one or more defect records related to the one or more stored content portions of the to-be-published electronic content work, and instructing a publication pipeline to format the electronic content work for publication by converting format-independent representations of the content portions comprising the to-be-published electronic content work to a plurality of format-dependent representations of the electronic content work, each format-dependent representation of the electronic content work suitable for a particular target rendering environment specified by a profile available to the publication pipeline.

A non-transitory machine readable medium that stores instructions which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• storing content portions of a to-be-published electronic content work;
• implementing version control of the electronic content work;
• storing defect records related to one or more stored content portions of the to-be-published electronic content work;
• and
• presenting a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored content portions of the to-be-published electronic content work, editing the one or more defect records related to the one or more stored content portions of the to-be-published electronic content work, and instructing a publication pipeline to format the electronic content work for publication by converting format-independent representations of the content portions comprising the to-be-published electronic content work to a plurality of format-dependent representations of the electronic content work, each format-dependent representation of the electronic content work suitable for a particular target rendering environment specified by a profile available to the publication pipeline.