Collaborative computing environments for HEP Original Research Article

This paper describes the diverse software tools that facilitate the work of groups of people. The focus is on tools that exploit the Internet or intranets, and on those which appear to be useful to the HEP community. A brief history of Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) is presented, followed by a description of some CSCW tools that are currently available, and some which are used in HEP. Finally, predictions are made on what HEP might expect to be using in this domain in future years.