TRANSPARENT EXTENSION OF SINGLE-USER APPLICATIONS TO MULTI-USER REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS - An Aspect Oriented Approach to Framework Integration

Ansgar R. S. Gerlicher

2007

Abstract

This paper discusses the transformation of a single-user SVG editing application into a multi-user real-time collaborative editing system. The application’s extension with collaboration functionality was realized by using a novel aspect-oriented programming approach to framework integration. This approach is platform independent, supports heterogeneous applications and does not require an application specific API or access to the application’s source code. The collaboration functionality in this case is provided by the Collaborative Editing Framework for XML (CEFX) which uses the Document Object Model as a standard interface to the application’s data model.

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R. S. Gerlicher A. (2007). TRANSPARENT EXTENSION OF SINGLE-USER APPLICATIONS TO MULTI-USER REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS - An Aspect Oriented Approach to Framework Integration . In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: Computer Supported Collaborative Editing, (ICEIS 2007) ISBN 978-972-8865-91-7, pages 327-334. DOI: 10.5220/0002405603270334


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@conference{computer supported collaborative editing07,
author={Ansgar R. S. Gerlicher},
title={TRANSPARENT EXTENSION OF SINGLE-USER APPLICATIONS TO MULTI-USER REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS - An Aspect Oriented Approach to Framework Integration},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: Computer Supported Collaborative Editing, (ICEIS 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={327-334},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002405603270334},
isbn={978-972-8865-91-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: Computer Supported Collaborative Editing, (ICEIS 2007)
TI - TRANSPARENT EXTENSION OF SINGLE-USER APPLICATIONS TO MULTI-USER REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS - An Aspect Oriented Approach to Framework Integration
SN - 978-972-8865-91-7
AU - R. S. Gerlicher A.
PY - 2007
SP - 327
EP - 334
DO - 10.5220/0002405603270334