Openness in shared hypermedia workspaces: the case for collaborative open hypermedia systems

ABSTRACT

Group work requires much flexibility regarding both the organization of shared workspaces and the organization of collaborative work. Shared hypermedia workspaces can provide this flexibility. However, this requires the provision of openness with respect to both the hypermedia workspace and the collaboration support offered in such a collaborative open hypermedia system. In this paper we address the issue of how to identify key requirements of open collaborative hypermedia systems. We start with a scenario in order to come up with a preliminary set of requirements. We then apply a regular schema to generate a more comprehensive set of requirements for open collaborative hypermedia systems.

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