Paper Info
Title
The EVOLVE project: component-based tailorability for CSCW applications
Abstract
Tailorability is generally regarded as a key property of groupware systems due to the dynamics and differentiation of cooperative work. This article investigates the use of software components as a generic architectural concept for designing tailorable groupware applications. First, the issues raised by this approach are discussed in the context of an exploratory experiment during which component-based tailorability was applied to a real tailoring problem in the POLITeam project. The experiment's results led us to concentrate on questions concerning the support of distributed CSCW applications. As a consequence, we have developed the EVOLVE platform whose design concepts are described. Furthermore, a concrete example for the application of the approach to the design of a tailorable distributed coordination tool is given. We discuss related work, summarize the current state of the component-based tailorability approach and propose venues of further research.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1007/BF01206131
AI Soc.
Keywords
Field
DocType
cscw,software components,tailorability,coordination tool,component-based tailorability,cscw application,evolve project,software component
Computer-supported cooperative work,Software engineering,Collaborative software,Computer science,Cooperative work,Knowledge management,Human–computer interaction,Component-based software engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
14
1
1435-5655
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
1.32
24
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Oliver Stiemerling114419.76
Armin B. Cremers22287446.79