Title :
Selectivity of awareness components in asynchronous CSCW environments
Author :
David, José Maria N ; Borges, Marcos R S
Author_Institution :
COPPE-PESC, Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
Several proposals are found in literature, seeking above all, to reduce the information overload imposed on the participants of a group. Some of them are based on the use of filters to select the information according to the users´ history of accesses. However, in most cases the filtering mechanisms cannot be determined by the users, thus not allowing them to concentrate on sets of information of their interest. This work presents the main issues related to the problem of selectivity of awareness information in asynchronous environments for cooperative work. It describes some mechanisms to allow each user to set his own filtering profile, which best supports his current activities
Keywords :
groupware; online front-ends; CSCW; asynchronous environments; awareness information; cooperative work; filtering mechanisms; filtering profile; groupware; Appropriate technology; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; History; Information analysis; Information filtering; Information filters; Information resources; Proposals; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Groupware, 2001. Proceedings. Seventh International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Darmstadt
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1351-4
DOI :
10.1109/CRIWG.2001.951824