A flexible architecture for heterogeneous replayable workspaces

Author

Manohar, Nelson R. ; Prakash, Atul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

17-23 Jun 1996

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

278

Abstract

This paper presents a novel and flexible architecture to support the asynchronous sharing of computer-supported workspaces (CSWs), or simply replayable workspaces. Such workspaces are composed of multiple, interacting tools. Through the capture, re-execution, and manipulation of a session with a CSW, it is possible to reuse valuable collaborative information, (e.g., the how-to process). The session is encapsulated into a session object composed of heterogeneous media streams that represent input sequences to CSW tools. CSW tools are modeled as plug-in components to the CSW. A stream controller process extends temporal-awareness to a CSW tool and its media. A session manager coordinates the various stream controllers and their media. The architecture provides flexible coordination of the various tools found on a CSW and fine-grained integration of their heterogeneous media

Keywords

groupware; local area networks; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; asynchronous sharing; collaborative information; computer-supported workspace; flexible architecture; groupware; heterogeneous media streams; heterogeneous replayable workspaces; input sequences; multimedia; replayable workspaces; stream controller; Application software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Documentation; Medical diagnostic imaging; Nonhomogeneous media; Process control; Streaming media; Video sharing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hiroshima

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7438-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMCS.1996.534986

Filename

534986