Collaboratory systems: Taxonomy II

• Basic architectures

  • Event broadcasting: each workstation runs its own copy of application.
    • (A) Virtual instance: all events shared (collaboration transparency)
    • (B) Independent data views: some events shared
    • Examples: Habanero (NCSA - B), Java Collab. Toolset (Old Dominion - A ), ProMondia (Univ. of Nuremberg - B), UARC (Univ. of Michigan - B), TANGO (NPAC - B)
    • Disadvantages: new category of SW, difficult to implement
    • Advantages: infinitely flexible and adaptable, generates little network traffic, perfectly fit Web/Java paradigm, can implement security, can support asynchronous collaboration….

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