CUSTOMIZABLE DATA DISTRIBUTION FOR SYNCHRONOUS GROUPWARE

Stephan Lukosch

2004

Abstract

The state of a groupware application must be shared to support interactions between collaborating users. There have been a lot of discussions about the best distribution scheme for the state of a groupware application. Many existing groupware platforms support only one distribution scheme, e.g. a replicated or a central scheme, and apply the selected scheme to the entire application. None of these schemes fits well for every groupware application. Different applications and even single applications have different requirements concerning data distribution. This paper describes DreamObjects, a development platform that simplifies the development of shared data objects. DreamObjects supports a variety of distribution schemes which can be applied per shared data object. Additionally, it offers an interface that developers can use to introduce their own distribution schemes.

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Lukosch S. (2004). CUSTOMIZABLE DATA DISTRIBUTION FOR SYNCHRONOUS GROUPWARE . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 70-77. DOI: 10.5220/0002633900700077


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@conference{iceis04,
author={Stephan Lukosch},
title={CUSTOMIZABLE DATA DISTRIBUTION FOR SYNCHRONOUS GROUPWARE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={70-77},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002633900700077},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - CUSTOMIZABLE DATA DISTRIBUTION FOR SYNCHRONOUS GROUPWARE
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Lukosch S.
PY - 2004
SP - 70
EP - 77
DO - 10.5220/0002633900700077