Title :
Exposing the collaborative nature of data: working together in the PIT
Author :
Mariani, John A. ; Rodden, Tom
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Lancaster Univ., UK
Abstract :
Database management systems have long supported multiuser access to shared bodies of data. However, with their overriding concern for consistency, they effectively isolate users. The authors describe two graphical representations of the shared space and of the users´ presence and activity within that space
Keywords :
concurrency control; data visualisation; graphical user interfaces; groupware; object-oriented databases; PIT; Populated Information Terrain; collaborative data; data consistency; database management systems; graphical representations; multiuser access; shared data; shared space; user activity; user presence; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Data visualization; Database systems; Interference; Object oriented databases; Scattering; Virtual reality; Visual databases;
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1996. Proceedings., Seventh International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7662-0
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.1996.558592
