| We recently proposed a WebSpace to cooperate with and provide universal access Web interfaces to Argonne's LabSpace -- a high-end hypermedia collaboratory environment for advanced science research. |
| In this project, we plan to explore sequential and parallel CGI servers and E-Mail+MIME agents as a base computation and communication platform for scalable virtual communities. |
| Eventually, each NII user/desktop will run a dynamic Web+CGI server. Next, there will be group servers, project servers, institution servers, community network servers and so on. Designing appropriate scalable agents protocols for such hierarchies is a challenging and non-trivial task. We plan to address a restricted problem of scalable WebMail support for interactive forums, ranging from individuals to domains to the LabSpace size. |
| NPAC will contribute two new user domains to the scientific community of the LabSpace: education via the Living textbook project and small business via the InfoMall project. |