When client/server isn´t enough: coordinating multiple distributed tasks

Author

Liang, Ting-Peng ; Lai, Hsiangchu ; Chen, Nian-Shing ; Wei, Hungshiung ; Chen, Meng Chang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. Manage., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

27

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

73

Lastpage

79

Abstract

Computing in a distributed environment for multitasked cooperative work is a promising area that presents many coordination issues. Our prototype system implements a three-layer architecture to provide greater control and flexibility in the distributed multitasking environment. The architecture includes a groupware server, application servers, and clients. The architecture can be further refined to provide more flexible control of activities. More applications, such as group calendaring and participative design can also be studied to find their idiosyncratic coordination needs and to elaborate the division of labor among different servers and clients.<>

Keywords

groupware; multiprogramming; network operating systems; application servers; client-server sytems; clients; coordination issues; group calendaring; groupware server; multiple distributed tasks; multitasked cooperative work; participative design; three-layer architecture; Application software; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Computer network management; Computer networks; Environmental management; Multitasking; Network servers; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.291288

Filename

291288