| We view WebSpace as a set of technologies and tools to support rather general collaboratories. Specific interactions within such spaces are application/domain dependent. In the WebSpace/LabSpace model, examples include: a virtual field trip to a science lab, or a virtual corporation formed to electronically design and prototype a new product. |
| The WebWork project, planned by NPAC, Boston University and Collaborative Systems Corp., will develop a WebSpace for (HPCC) software engineering. |
| Large HPCC software systems, such as parallel compilers, Grand Challenge or National Challenge applications often involve geographically distributed developer teams (an extreme example is WebWindows itself which by definition involves the whole Internet). |
| Current Web already facilities software exchange e.g. via NHSE. WebWork makes the next natural step towards Web based CASE tools for collaborative HPCC software engineering. |