Title :
Operating system features for shared workspace cooperation
Author :
Guan, Sheng-Uei ; Abdel-Wahab, Hussein
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Abstract :
A brief overview of shared workspace cooperation is presented, where concepts and terms are clarified. Design aspects and desirable features of shared workspace cooperation tools and the relevance of operating systems supporting them are investigated. By focusing on three basic cooperation entities, user, tool, and object, features regarding shared workspace cooperation are identified
Keywords :
distributed processing; groupware; operating systems (computers); CSCW; computer supported cooperative work; cooperation entities; operating systems; shared workspace cooperation; Application software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer industry; Computer science; Distributed computing; Libraries; Operating systems; Real time systems; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Williamsburg, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0033-5
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1991.147765