Lightweight Collaborative Web Browsing

Lightweight Collaborative Web Browsing

Raphael O. Santos, Felipe F. Oliveira, Roberta L. Gomes, Magnos Martinello, Renata S. S. Guizzardi
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/jwp.2011010102
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Abstract

Collaborative navigation systems provide a useful way for virtual groups to share information through the web. However, the common set of features of these tools is not enough to offer a more face-to-face browsing experience. To fill in the gap, this paper presents a collaborative web browsing proposal, which integrates flexible session management, the maintenance of shared production spaces, and efficient communication facilities. The proposal relies on a collaboration ontology that provides a well-defined conceptualization and common vocabulary. To demonstrate the feasibility of the approach, the OCEAN prototype was developed and tested.
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The Proposal: Characterizing Main Features

Web browsing is traditionally an individual activity, where a person uses a web browser (e.g. Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer) for accessing published hypertext documents. However, browsing can actually be seen as a social event (Gerosa et al., 2004), where users share browsing content (de Hoyos-Rivera et al., 2006). In this scenario, we introduce OCEAN.

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