This work is dedicated to the requierements specification process automation issues. Main goal of the paper is to specify a conceptual model of the multy-user software requirements specification system and create a working prototype of this model. Analysis part of the work focuses on requirement specification templates and existing requirements specification software investigation. A detailed analysis of most popular templates Volere and IEEE STD 830-1998 is followed by existing software requirements specification software analysis : AnalystPRO and RequisitePRO. Requirements and tasks for the system prototype are raised on the basis of main features and weknesses of analysed requirements specification templates and software. This work presents a complete conceptual model of the software requirements specification automation. System model is based on the Volere template. Main features of the system prototype are as follows: complete independence from operating system and working environment, no any client software installation is needed, server part does not require any special components installation and is based on popular free software: Apache and MySQL Servers. System architecture is based on JAVA Applets technology. Working prototype is an implementation of main system protoype features. This is a multy-user software requirements specification environment with all main collaboration fetures: version control, document locking, presence awareness. Usability of system... [to full text]