Shared Place Example: Introduction
In this example we define a simple shared place where the results of some scientific computations are available.
The place can be used also for discussion among collaborating scientists. The discussion is supported by two shared objects: chat and data viewer.
The chat can be used for the text based discussion about presented results.
The data viewer can be used for the graphical presentation of the results. The authors of the results (‘creators’) have access to the advanced functionality of the data viewer. (e.g. support of particular XML dialects) They can use this functionality to present their findings visually to the ‘observers’.
The shared place is defined by two documents. The presentation layer is described by the HTML document and the collaboration functionality is defined by the SPDL XML/XSL document.