Hypermedia conversation recording to preserve informal artifacts in realtime collaboration

  • Authors:
  • T. Imai;K. Yamaguchi;T. Muranaga

  • Affiliations:
  • Communication and Information Systems Research Laboratories, TOSHIBA R&D Center, JAPAN;Communication and Information Systems Research Laboratories, TOSHIBA R&D Center, JAPAN;Communication and Information Systems Research Laboratories, TOSHIBA R&D Center, JAPAN

  • Venue:
  • MULTIMEDIA '94 Proceedings of the second ACM international conference on Multimedia
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

We present a hypermedia-based conversation recording method to preserve informal artifacts which are obtained in a realtime collaboration. Informal artifacts are not final goals but important results such as a process of a decision, an individual opinion, a rejected idea, or a nuance. Conversation in a realtime collaborative session is recorded linked with a participant's handwritten scripts so that the relevant portion of the conversation can be selectively played back in the subsequent individual session. A participant can preserve informal artifacts and structure the decision-making process by playing back the conversation after the collaboration. The important feature is that a participant can insert meaningful cues in any portion of the conversation without disturbing the current way of collaboration. Through the use of a prototype, we have found the effectiveness and the further improvement of this method.