Structural Computing in the Collaborative Work Domain?

  • Authors:
  • Jörg M. Haake

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • OHS-6/SC-2 Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop and 2nd International Workshop on Open Hypertext Systems and Structural Computing
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Structural computing is a new paradigm for developing applications in new domains. One of its benefits is that adaptation of behavior--as a consequence of changes of the structures used to model the application--becomes easier. In this paper, the collaborative work domain--in particular the task of coordination--is examined as a potential application area for structural computing. Coordination behavior shows high variability, depending on the ever-changing requirements of cooperative work processes. This makes frequent adaptation of the coordination behavior necessary. To support this adaptation, a structural computing approach is described in this paper, which (1) explicitly models processes, teams, and content as part of a shared workspace, and (2) dynamically defines coordination support as behavior (i.e. computations over the above structure). Finally, some requirements on structural computing, which result from this work, are presented.