Quality Analysis of Distribution Architectures for Synchronous Groupware

T.C. Nicholas Graham; W. Greg Phillips; Christopher Wolfe

2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Research Article

Quality Analysis of Distribution Architectures for Synchronous Groupware

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    author={T.C. Nicholas Graham and W. Greg Phillips and Christopher Wolfe},
    title={Quality Analysis of Distribution Architectures for Synchronous Groupware},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={Application software Collaboration Collaborative software Collaborative work Computer architecture Distributed computing Educational institutions Games Military computing Security},
    doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361870}
}

T.C. Nicholas Graham
W. Greg Phillips
Christopher Wolfe
Year: 2007
Quality Analysis of Distribution Architectures for Synchronous Groupware
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361870

T.C. Nicholas Graham¹^,*, W. Greg Phillips²^,*, Christopher Wolfe¹^,*

1: School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, K7L 4L5
2: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada, K7K 7B4

*Contact email: graham@cs.queensu.ca, greg.phillips@rmc.ca, wolfe@cs.queensu.ca

Abstract

This paper identifies a set of distribution architectures for the development of synchronous groupware and provides an analysis of their quality attributes. The architectures and their quality attributes provide insight on how to structure the implementation of synchronous groupware applications, providing developers with precise guidance on the trade-offs between various implementation techniques. In contrast to many proposed architectures for groupware, these architectures have been synthesized through analysis of successful groupware systems whose properties are well-understood.

Keywords: Application software Collaboration Collaborative software Collaborative work Computer architecture Distributed computing Educational institutions Games Military computing Security

Published: 21st May 2007
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361870