Title :
An open architecture for supporting collaboration on the Web
Author :
DeRoure, D. ; Hall, W. ; Reich, S. ; Pikrakis, A. ; Hill, G. ; Stairmand, M.
Author_Institution :
Multimedia Res. Group, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
The MEMOIR framework supports researchers working with a vast quantity of distributed information, by assisting them in finding both relevant documents and researchers with related interests. It is an open architecture based on the existing Web infrastructure. Key to the architecture are the use of proxies and the use of an open and extensible message protocol for communication: to support message routing for dynamic reconfiguration and extension of the system, to collect information about the trail of documents that a user visits, and to insert links on-the-fly. We present the MEMOIR architecture and its rationale, and discuss early experiences with the system
Keywords :
Internet; groupware; information retrieval; message passing; open systems; MEMOIR architecture; MEMOIR framework; Web infrastructure; collaboration; distributed information; dynamic reconfiguration; extensible message protocol; message routing; open architecture; proxies; relevant documents; Autobiographies; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Companies; Ear; Electrical capacitance tomography; Informatics; Recommender systems; Routing protocols; Service oriented architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 1998. (WET ICE '98) Proceedings., Seventh IEEE International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Stanford, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8751-7
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.1998.725677
