Basic HTML version of Foils prepared October 3 1999
| Shared Place Definition Language is a language for defining properties of shared places. SPDL conforms to XML specification |
| Shared Object is a piece of software that can be embedded as a part of a Web page content. Shared Objects offer collaboration functionality using mechanisms provided by SP framework. To interact with SP framework, Shared Objects must implement the defined SP interface. Examples: Java Applets, Plug-ins, ActiveX objects, JavaScript Applications |
| SP Framework is a set of mechanisms that implement (roughly equivalent to Tango server + local daemon) collaboration services and expose them to Shared Objects using SP interfaces (discussed later) |