RCM: An open architecture to build a community

Author

Casapulla, Giovanni ; Chizzoni, Alfredo ; De Cindio, Fiorella

Author_Institution

Networking Lab., Milan Univ., Italy

fYear

1996

fDate

23-24 May 1996

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

126

Abstract

Milan Civic Network (RCM) is a community network developed with owned, windows based, software that supports the construction of highly interactive environments. It introduces basic multimedia functionalities according to the real hardware and software capability of current Italian personal computers users. Its open architecture let its members communicate with many different protocols, including the World Wide Web. These choices, that have made RCM the biggest Italian community network with more than 3500 active users in a year and a half, have been adopted also by other initiatives in Italy, some of them already operational

Keywords

information networks; microcomputer applications; multimedia communication; open systems; telecommunication computing; Italy; Milan Civic Network; RCM; World Wide Web; community network; interactive environments; multimedia; open architecture; personal computers; protocols; windows based software; Computer architecture; Computer science; Conference management; Electronic mail; Hardware; Internet; Microcomputers; Network servers; Service oriented architecture; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Community Networking, 1996. Proceedings., 3rd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Antwerpen

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3304-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CN.1996.534654

Filename

534654