1. A method of managing electronic documents shared across networked satellite nodes remotely located from one another, the method comprising: storing a first plurality of electronic documents in a common electronic document repository, wherein the first plurality of electronic documents includes electronic documents owned by at least two different owners remotely located from one another; storing ownership information at a master node for the first plurality of electronic documents stored in the common electronic document repository, wherein the ownership information indicates that at least one of the electronic documents of the first plurality of electronic documents is owned by a first owner of the at least two different owners and at least one of the electronic documents of the first plurality of electronic documents is owned by a second owner of the at least two different owners, the second owner different from and remotely located with respect to the first owner; and storing ownership information at the master node for a second plurality of electronic documents which are locally stored by at least one satellite node at a respective location remote from the common electronic document repository, wherein the second plurality of electronic documents are not stored in the common electronic document repository, and wherein the ownership information stored at the master node for the first and the second plurality of electronic documents indicates for each electronic document a logical entity that has authority to authorize changes to the respective electronic document.
1. A method of managing electronic documents shared across networked satellite nodes remotely located from one another, the method comprising: storing a first plurality of electronic documents in a common electronic document repository, wherein the first plurality of electronic documents includes electronic documents owned by at least two different owners remotely located from one another; storing ownership information at a master node for the first plurality of electronic documents stored in the common electronic document repository, wherein the ownership information indicates that at least one of the electronic documents of the first plurality of electronic documents is owned by a first owner of the at least two different owners and at least one of the electronic documents of the first plurality of electronic documents is owned by a second owner of the at least two different owners, the second owner different from and remotely located with respect to the first owner; and storing ownership information at the master node for a second plurality of electronic documents which are locally stored by at least one satellite node at a respective location remote from the common electronic document repository, wherein the second plurality of electronic documents are not stored in the common electronic document repository, and wherein the ownership information stored at the master node for the first and the second plurality of electronic documents indicates for each electronic document a logical entity that has authority to authorize changes to the respective electronic document. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein storing a first plurality of electronic documents in a common electronic document repository includes replicating at least one change to at least one of the electronic documents from at least one of the networked satellite nodes to the common electronic document repository, and wherein the second plurality of electronic documents which are locally stored by at least one satellite node at a respective location remote from the common electronic document repository are stored without replication to the common electronic document repository.