Does iOS' 8 iCloud Drive enable different users to share files?

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C.f. Apple website page on iCloud Drive: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/icloud-drive/

I understand iCloud Drive makes easy for an individual user to save a file to the cloud and work on it from any of his or her own devices, i.e. a solo use case.

My question is: with the new iCloud Drive, can different users, with different Apple accounts (not necessarily in the same family), share and collaborate on files? E.g. Could an iOS 8 app help a bunch of users collaborate on, say, a video editing project where all the heavy raw footage video files are shared on iCloud Drive?

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Don't know the answer, but you probably will have to create folder and share the folder. It would be surprised if every one has access to it by default. – user523234

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CloudKit is for backend app usage for developers. It has nothing to do with iCloud Drive user accounts. Time will tell how sharing works with iCloud Drive.

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Answering my own question: yes, it is possible thanks to CloudKit, c.f. https://developer.apple.com/icloud/documentation/cloudkit-storage/