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Review and Brief History of Collaborative Systems: Taxonomy, Services and Classification

Review and Brief History of Collaborative Systems: Taxonomy, Services and Classification

Nuria Lloret Romero
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781613502013|ISBN10: 161350201X|EISBN13: 9781613502020
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-201-3.ch007
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Romero, Nuria Lloret. "Review and Brief History of Collaborative Systems: Taxonomy, Services and Classification." Systems Science and Collaborative Information Systems: Theories, Practices and New Research, edited by Emilia Currás and Nuria Lloret Romero, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 139-160. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-201-3.ch007

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Romero, N. L. (2012). Review and Brief History of Collaborative Systems: Taxonomy, Services and Classification. In E. Currás & N. Lloret Romero (Eds.), Systems Science and Collaborative Information Systems: Theories, Practices and New Research (pp. 139-160). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-201-3.ch007

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Romero, Nuria Lloret. "Review and Brief History of Collaborative Systems: Taxonomy, Services and Classification." In Systems Science and Collaborative Information Systems: Theories, Practices and New Research, edited by Emilia Currás and Nuria Lloret Romero, 139-160. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-201-3.ch007

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Abstract

E-collaboration and collaborative systems bring geographically dispersed teams together, supporting communication, coordination and cooperation. From the scientific perspective, the development of theories and mechanisms to enable building collaborative systems presents exciting research challenges across information subfields. From the applications perspective, the capability to collaborate with users and other systems is essential if large-scale information systems of the future are to assist users in finding the information they need and solving the problems they have. This chapter presents a review of research in the area of creating collaborative applications and taxonomies. The author analyzes previous literature, and examines some practice cases and research prototypes in the domain of collaborative computing. Finally the chapter provides a list of basic collaboration services, and tools are presented relating to the services they provide. All surveyed tools are then classified under categories of functional services. In conclusion, the chapter highlights a number of areas for consideration and improvement that arise when studying collaborative applications.

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