Structural Computing in the Collaborative Work Domain?

Abstract. Structural computing is a new paradigm for developing applications in new domains. One of its benefits is that adaptation of behavior--as a consequence of changes of the structures used to model the application--becomes easier. In this paper, the collaborative work domain--in particular the task of coordination--is examined as a potential application area for structural computing. Coordination behavior shows high variability, depending on the ever-changing requirements of cooperative work processes. This makes frequent adaptation of the coordination behavior necessary. To support this adaptation, a structural computing approach is described in this paper, which (1) explicitly models processes, teams, and content as part of a shared workspace, and (2) dynamically defines coordination support as behavior (i.e. computations over the above structure). Finally, some requirements on structural computing, which result from this work, are presented.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: OHS
• Authors: Jörg M. Haake
• Keywords: Coordination Behavior, Internet Technology, OHS 2000, Structural Computing, Structural Computing Approach