TR-IIS-04-014
Web-Based Collaborative Problem Solving Environment Part III: CSCW System
Chien-Min Wang, Shun-Te Wang, Gen-Cher Lee, Hsi-Min Chen, Shiang-Heng Chen,
Shyh-Fong Hong, Jeng-Hung Huang, Shun-Wen Huang, Jyh-Da Wei and D. T. Lee
Abstract
We propose an integrated project called ShareTone (http://www.sharetone.org/) to build a web-based collaborative problem-solving environment, which facilitates collaboration among researchers and practitioners over the Internet. This project is composed of three main portions, i.e., (a) a knowledge management system, (b) a tele-conferencing system, and (c) a computer supported collaborative work (CSCW) system. This paper focuses on the third part of this project. The ShareTone CSCW system includes system components and applications. The reusable components facilitate user authentication, file sharing, long-term persistence, and event-driven collaboration control. The applications demonstrate how to fabricate the above components to develop complicated collaborative utilities and enrich collaborative features that may support information sharing, distance learning, online demonstration and collaborative design.
Index Terms: collaborative problem-solving environment, knowledge management, tele-conferencing, computer supported collaborative work (CSCW), authentication, file sharing, long-term persistence, event-driven collaboration, information sharing, distance learning, online demonstration, collaborative design.