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Foil 21 Asynchronous vs. Synchronous

From Introduction to Tango and its Role in Distance Education and Collaborative Computing EuroPar Java Grande Workshop -- September 2-3 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 As primary Web function is asynchronous information publishing, Web-based collaboratories inherently link two models
  • Both modes focus on the basic concept of a "shared object"
  • Both modes can share presentation tools
  • Synchronous mode may create or persistently enhance/modify shared objects
2 Web database linkage technology (based on JDBC/ Enterprise JavaBeans) promotes complex asynchronous collaboration by exposing rich data models of industrial-strength relational and OO DBMS's
3 Need Both! Tango can be linked to Oracle, Lotus Notes and similar database systems -- XML is a powerful interface for such linkage
  • Tango offers "guided tour" sampling a large asynchronous web site, CDROM, database

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