Developing collaborative applications using sliverware

  • Authors:

  • Seth Holloway;Christine Julien

  • Affiliations:

  • Mobile and Pervasive Computing Group, The Center for Excellence in Distributed Global Engironments, The University of Texas at Austin;Mobile and Pervasive Computing Group, The Center for Excellence in Distributed Global Engironments, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Venue:
  • ODBASE'06/OTM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 Confederated international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: CoopIS, DOA, GADA, and ODBASE - Volume Part I
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Despite computers' widespread use for personal applications, very few programming frameworks exist for creating synchronous collaborative applications Existing research in CSCW (computer supported cooperative work), specifically approaches that attempt to make current application implementations collaboration-aware, are difficult to implement for two reasons: the systems are focused too narrowly (e.g., on Internet-only applications), or the systems are simply too complicated to be adopted (e.g., they are hard to set up and adapt to concrete applications) Enabling real-time collaboration demands lightweight, modular middleware—sliverware—that enables the fine-grained interactions required by collaborative applications In this paper, we introduce sliverware and give a specific example in the guise of a distributed keyboard that multiplexes input from several users into a single stream that each user receives just like input from a normal keyboard The result is simple, real-time collaboration based on a shared, distributed view of data that enables rapid development of highly coupled coordinating applications.