1. A method implemented in a data processing system for processing a document, the method comprising: receiving an electronic version of a document comprising a plurality of content portions; identifying a plurality of prescribed elements for the document, wherein at least some of the plurality of prescribed elements are identified based on a document type for the document; correlating at least some content portions in the editing copy of the document to corresponding prescribed elements of the plurality of prescribed elements; determining a state value for each prescribed element of the plurality of prescribed elements according to the correlation, the state value corresponding to one of present, missing, or incomplete; generating an editing copy of the document, the generating comprising embedding code in the editing copy of the document, the code identifying at least one task corresponding to at least one content portion of the document, the code defining at least one user interface element for presentation within the editing copy when the editing copy is rendered and presented; transmitting, to a user system, the editing copy of the document including the embedded code and the state value for each prescribed element of the plurality of prescribed elements for rendering and presentation by the user system; receiving, from the user system, an instruction to add a new content portion not included in the plurality of content portions to the editing copy of the document; storing the new content portion at the data processing system; correlating the new content portion to a prescribed element of the plurality of prescribed elements; updating the state value for the correlated prescribed element; and transmitting, to the user system, the updated state value.