Text Document

An experiment in interoperating heterogeneous collaborative systems

Fulltext URI

Document type

Text

Additional Information

Date

1999

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

Abstract

Currently, collaborative systems manipulating the same artifact but implementing different policies and architectures cannot interoperate or "collaborate" with each other. Therefore, it is not possible for users to use different collaborative systems to work on a single shared artifact. As an initial step towards such interoperation, we have carried out an experiment involving the interoperation of two heterogeneous collaborative spreadsheets. The experiment has resulted in some general protocols, techniques, and lessons applicable to the interoperation of systems offering different concurrency-control - policies, couplings, and architectures. The paper surveys different approaches along these three dimensions, motivates the rationale for inter-operating them, identifies issues m their interoperation, and presents and evaluates solutions for a small number of interoperation scenarios in the surveyed design space.

Description

Dewan, Prasun; Sharma, Anshu (1999): An experiment in interoperating heterogeneous collaborative systems. ECSCW 1999: Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47316-X_20. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN: 978-0-306-47316-6. pp. 371-390. Full Papers. Copenhagen, Denmark. 12–16 September 1999

Keywords

Citation

Tags