The research on awareness mechanism in collaborative e-commerce

Traditional e-commerce is in transition to collaborative working gradually. In the structure of collaborative e-commerce, awareness is the key for users to learn all sorts of information about people and systems in this environment, which is also an important factor being considered in the process of materializing such a collaborative e-commerce environment. The paper presents the analysis of traits of awareness information in a collaborative e-commerce environment, its forming process and potential problems. A development platform, which can support the operation of collaborative e-commerce using Java JMS technology, is also provided.