Beyond the chalkboard: computer support for collaboration and problem solving in meetings
Communications of the ACM
The information lens: an intelligent system for information sharing in organizations
CHI '86 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Quilt: a collaborative tool for cooperative writing
COCS '88 Proceedings of the ACM SIGOIS and IEEECS TC-OA 1988 conference on Office information systems
BYTE
Object lens: a “spreadsheet” for cooperative work
CSCW '88 Proceedings of the 1988 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
Distributed multiparty desktop conferencing system: MERMAID
CSCW '90 Proceedings of the 1990 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
SIBYL: a tool for managing group design rationale
CSCW '90 Proceedings of the 1990 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
The C++ programming language (2nd ed.)
The C++ programming language (2nd ed.)
Computer-supported cooperative work and groupware
Computer-supported cooperative work and groupware
GROUPKIT: a groupware toolkit for building real-time conferencing applications
CSCW '92 Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
Supporting collaborative writing of hyperdocuments in SEPIA
CSCW '92 Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
CSCW challenges in large-scale technical projects—a case study
CSCW '92 Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
Solutions for networked databases: how to move from heterogeneous structures to federated concepts
Solutions for networked databases: how to move from heterogeneous structures to federated concepts
The design of multimedia object support in DEC Rdb
Digital Technical Journal
DECspin: a networked desktop videoconferencing application
Digital Technical Journal
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Traditional computer applications have been designed to be run by one user at a time who does some work in a single medium, such as ASCII text, and very little regard has been given to the fact that people often work together. With the recent development of computer networks and the widespread deployment of networked workstations, automating the group writing process for geographically distributed users has become feasible. In this paper, a software package which supports distributed, real-time, multimedia collaborative work, known as the Distributed Collaborative Writing Aid (DCWA), is described. The DCWA has five major parts but the emphasis of this paper is on the DCWA's distributed database, which is crucial to making the entire system work together both logically and consistently. The database is a specialized, distributed system based on the client-server model implemented in C++ running under 4.3BSD Unix and provides dynamic management capabilities unique for a multimedia collaborative working environment.