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This paper shows that Workflow Management Systems (WFMS) and a data communication standard called Job Transfer and Manipulation (JTM) are built on the same concepts, even though different words are used. The paper analyses the correspondence of workflow concepts and JTM concepts. Besides, the correspondence of relationships between those concepts i...
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... This approach would be particularly suitable if we were interested in capturing the concepts that concerns to a specific domain. An example of this approach can be found in [19], where a conceptual model of a workflow process is presented. ...
: Models and theories concerning cooperation have long been recognised as an important aid in the development of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) systems. However, there is no consensus regarding the set of concepts and abstractions that should underlie such models and theories. Furthermore, common patterns are hard to discern in different models and theories. This paper analyses a number of existing models and theories, and proposes a generic conceptual framework based on the strengths and commonalities of these models. We analyse five different developments, viz., Coordination Theory, Activity Theory, Task Manager model, Action/Interaction Theory and Object-Oriented Activity Support model, to propose a generic model based on four key concepts common to these developments, viz. activity, actor, information and service. 1. Introduction The development of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) systems is not a trivial task, since it involves problems originated in two di...
... This approach would be particularly suitable if we were interested in capturing the concepts that concerns to a specific domain. An example of this approach can be found in [20], where a conceptual model of a workflow process is presented. The remaining of this document is organised as follows: section 2 outlines the approach used to capture the concepts in the different models. ...
: Models and theories concerning cooperation have long been recognised as an important aid in the development of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) systems. However, there is no consensus regarding the set of concepts and abstractions that should underlie such models and theories. Furthermore, common patterns are hard to discern in different models and theories. This paper analyses a number of existing models and theories, and proposes a generic conceptual framework based on the strengths and commonalities of these models. We analyse five different developments, viz., Coordination Theory, Activity Theory, Task Manager model, Action/Interaction Theory and Object-Oriented Activity Support model, to propose a generic model based on four key concepts common to these developments, viz. activity, actor, information and service. Keywords: CSCW, theoretical study, conceptual model, cooperation models and modelling. 1. Introduction Three alternative approaches are normally...
... In the late 1980's, computer supported collaboration was mainly restricted to universities and research centres. In the early 1990's, the first groupware systems became commercially available [SiJF99]. At the same time, the Internet was gaining momentum, and in the mid 1990's, the popularisation of the World Wide Web (WWW) fundamentally helped the dissemination of CSCW and groupware systems among computer users in general. ...
... The former approach would be particularly suitable if we were interested in capturing the concepts that concerns a specific domain. An example of this approach can be found in [SiJF99], where a conceptual model of a workflow process is presented. We did not adopt this approach since we did not want to restrict ourselves to one or more specific (sub)domains. ...
This paper reports on the need for integration and different aspects of interoperability in CSCW. This is a part of our research towards investigating and developing an integrative framework for CSCW applications. The framework will enable different applications to communicate with each other to share information and to support organizational activities. It will be flexible enough to accommodate the various and varying needs of the user community. We discuss different types of integration and interoperability in CSCW and consider different models of CSCW systems. A framework for CSCW integration is presented. The framework includes ontological, coordination, user interface, security and transaction models. An example application scenario involving integration is given. The work is novel as no integrative framework for CSCW exists currently.
