Towards Consolidated Presence

Author

Hauswirth, Manfred ; Euzenat, Jerome ; Friel, O. ; Griffin, K. ; Hession, P. ; Jennings, Brendan ; Groza, Tudor ; Handschuh, Siegfried ; Zarko, Ivana Podnar ; Polleres, Axel ; Zimmermann, Antoine

Author_Institution

DERI, Nat. Univ. of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

fYear

2010

fDate

9-12 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Presence management, i.e., the ability to automatically identify the status and availability of communication partners, is becoming an invaluable tool for collaboration in enterprise contexts. In this paper, we argue for efficient presence management by means of a holistic view of both physical context and virtual presence in online communication channels. We sketch the components for enabling presence as a service integrating both online information as well as physical sensors, discussing benefits, possible applications on top, and challenges of establishing such a service.

Keywords

Internet; business communication; groupware; virtual reality; enterprise context; online communication channel; online information; physical context; physical sensor; presence management; virtual presence; Availability; Companies; Context; Protocols; Semantics; Sensors; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing (CollaborateCom), 2010 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

978-963-9995-24-6

Type

conf

Filename

5767052