Abstract :
Collaborative working and groupware has three traditional families of services: dialogue support (e.g. bulletin boards and e-mail); shared editors; and information search and retrieval. However, these are augmented with the following services for enhanced collaborative information networking: information trading and procurement services which includes free market trading environments, information brokering, information navigation and information rights and revenues; support for virtual organisations including educational networks, community-networks, telecommuting services, and computer supported cooperative services (CSCW). Their use, relevance and characteristics are discussed
Keywords :
groupware; information networks; information services; CSCW; collaborative information networking; collaborative working; community-networks; computer supported cooperative services; dialogue support; educational networks; free market trading; group activities; groupware; information brokering; information navigation; information retrieval; information search; information services; information trading; national information infrastructure; procurement services; shared editors; telecommuting services; virtual organisations;
