A Web Services based Communication Services Framework for Collaborative Work

Jun Liu, Bo Yang, Wei Lu

2005

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of integrating communication services that support group collaboration systems. Past experience has shown that heterogeneous communication services are extremely difficult to be integrated into collaboration environment and extended to meet continuous changing requirements. This paper aims at proposing a common, interoperable framework based on Web Services technology for integrating communication services in a collaboration environment. This framework allows the implementation of reusable communication services components that can be plugged into the collaboration system and be invoked on demand according to communication requirements of collaboration applications. Based on this framework, a prototype system called Rich Media Collaborative Workplace is developed. This system provides an integrated collaborative workplace with benefits of increasing productivity, saving cost and improving efficiency.

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in Harvard Style

Liu J., Yang B. and Lu W. (2005). A Web Services based Communication Services Framework for Collaborative Work . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Computer Supported Activity Coordination - Volume 1: CSAC, (ICEIS 2005) ISBN 972-8865-21-X, pages 109-117. DOI: 10.5220/0002540401090117


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csac05,
author={Jun Liu and Bo Yang and Wei Lu},
title={A Web Services based Communication Services Framework for Collaborative Work},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Computer Supported Activity Coordination - Volume 1: CSAC, (ICEIS 2005)},
year={2005},
pages={109-117},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002540401090117},
isbn={972-8865-21-X},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Computer Supported Activity Coordination - Volume 1: CSAC, (ICEIS 2005)
TI - A Web Services based Communication Services Framework for Collaborative Work
SN - 972-8865-21-X
AU - Liu J.
AU - Yang B.
AU - Lu W.
PY - 2005
SP - 109
EP - 117
DO - 10.5220/0002540401090117