Research Article
A Web Collaboration Architecture
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361841, author={Antonio Tapiador and Antonio Fumero and Joaqu\^{\i}n Salvach\^{u}a and Sandra Aguirre}, title={A Web Collaboration Architecture}, proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2007}, month={5}, keywords={Collaboration Collaborative software Collaborative work Communication channels Internet Peer to peer computing Service oriented architecture Systems engineering and theory Telematics Wikipedia}, doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361841} }- Antonio Tapiador
Antonio Fumero
Joaquín Salvachúa
Sandra Aguirre
Year: 2007
A Web Collaboration Architecture
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361841
Abstract
Computer supported collaborative work (CSCW) has typically been bound within organizations. Groupware applications are designed with organizational structures in mind, in a top-down approach that predicts communication and collaboration interactions between people. With Internet adoption in society, CSCW overflows organizational borders towards Internet supported collaborative work (ISCW), where the organization of work becomes decentralized, centered on individual interests and pretty dynamic. This paper proposes a Web collaboration architecture for the new Web environment. The article reviews common groupware problems and reflects recent organizational changes. It presents Web 2.0 features and technical state-of-the-art. Then, it describes the architecture proposed, to finish with conclusions and future research lines.