Integrating synchronous and asynchronous interactions in groupware applications

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Abstract

It is common that, in a long-term asynchronous collaborative activity, groups of users engage in occasional synchronous sessions. In this paper, we discuss the data management requirements for supporting this common work practice. As users interact in different, ways in each setting, requirements and solutions often need to be different. We present a data management system that allows to integrate a synchronous session in the context of a long-term asynchronous interaction, using the suitable data sharing techniques in each setting and an automatic mechanism to convert the long sequence of small updates produced in a synchronous session into a large asynchronous contribution. We exemplify the use of our approach with two multi-synchronous applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsH. Fuks, S. Lukosch, A. C. Salgado
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages89-104
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)3540291105, 9783540291107
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2005
Event11th International Workshop on Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use, CRIWG 2005 - Porto de Galinhas, Brazil
Duration: 25 Sept 200529 Sept 2005

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Volume3706 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference11th International Workshop on Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use, CRIWG 2005
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityPorto de Galinhas
Period25/09/0529/09/05

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