ANTS Framework for Cooperative Work Environments

  • Authors:
  • Pedro García López;Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The Internet's ubiquity has fostered many computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) environments recently. These include instant messaging services, peer-to-peer file-sharing systems, multiuser games, and shared work-space systems.Key factors in facilitating the advent of these environments include the use of open systems that permit system interoperability; advances in database, computer graphics, and display technology; and widespread acceptance of networking technologies and protocols. To address the deficiencies of existing tool-kits, the authors created the ANTS CSCW component framework, which proposes new solutions at the conceptual, architectural, and technological levels.