1. A computer-implemented method of network collaboration through embedded annotation and rendering instructions to generate, transmit, and render collaborative content, the method comprising the steps of: generating by an originator client workstation a collaborative content including a base document having a document identifier that identifies a location of a content; and at least one collaborative content element that comprises at least one annotation therein and rendering instructions therefore so as to annotate said base document by embedding said at least one annotation and instructions therefore as an encoded representation of collaborative content and forwarding the collaborative content to a server for execution; rendering by a server said collaborative content element to said base document in accordance with said rendering instructions, and providing said collaborative content to said originator client workstation for display.