Development of groupware systems with the COPSE infrastructure

Abstract

For a long time now, infrastructure technologies for the development of groupware applications have been proposed. However, the task of developing groupware is still complex, since it involves not only technical, but also social issues. As a consequence, current technologies represent limited solutions for supporting important aspects of cooperative work. Focused on what we consider essential issues in the development og groupware, we propose an infrastructure to support this development. The infrastructure was developed in the context of the COPSE project, aiming the development of a Collaborative Project Support Environment.