An open architecture for supporting collaboration on the Web

Author

DeRoure, D. ; Hall, W. ; Reich, S. ; Pikrakis, A. ; Hill, G. ; Stairmand, M.

Author_Institution

Multimedia Res. Group, Southampton Univ., UK

fYear

1998

fDate

17-19 Jun 1998

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

95

Abstract

The MEMOIR framework supports researchers working with a vast quantity of distributed information, by assisting them in finding both relevant documents and researchers with related interests. It is an open architecture based on the existing Web infrastructure. Key to the architecture are the use of proxies and the use of an open and extensible message protocol for communication: to support message routing for dynamic reconfiguration and extension of the system, to collect information about the trail of documents that a user visits, and to insert links on-the-fly. We present the MEMOIR architecture and its rationale, and discuss early experiences with the system

Keywords

Internet; groupware; information retrieval; message passing; open systems; MEMOIR architecture; MEMOIR framework; Web infrastructure; collaboration; distributed information; dynamic reconfiguration; extensible message protocol; message routing; open architecture; proxies; relevant documents; Autobiographies; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Companies; Ear; Electrical capacitance tomography; Informatics; Recommender systems; Routing protocols; Service oriented architecture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 1998. (WET ICE '98) Proceedings., Seventh IEEE International Workshops on

Conference_Location

Stanford, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8751-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENABL.1998.725677

Filename

725677