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A Framework Designed for Synchronous Groupware Applications in Heterogeneous Environments

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Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use (CRIWG 2006)

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The recent proliferation of using mobile devices in collaborative scenarios increases the need for sophisticated and flexible groupware frameworks for heterogeneous environments. This paper presents the architectural design of Agilo, a groupware framework that has been designed explicitly for synchronous groupware applications involving the use of heterogeneous devices. By respecting device heterogeneity from the ground up, the framework provides an architectural design that is highly flexible along different architectural dimensions on the one hand and simple yet powerful to use on the other hand. Two applications from different application domains based on Agilo are described together with first usage experiences from the developer’s point of view.

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  1. Fraunhofer IPSI, Dolivostrasse 15, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany

    Axel Guicking

  2. Jeppesen GmbH, Frankfurter Strasse 233, 63263, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

    Thomas Grasse

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  1. School of Telecommunications Engineering, University of Valladolid, Camino del Cementerio s/n, 47011, Valladolid, Spain

    Yannis A. Dimitriadis  & Eduardo Gómez-Sánchez  & 

  2. College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha,  

    Ilze Zigurs

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Guicking, A., Grasse, T. (2006). A Framework Designed for Synchronous Groupware Applications in Heterogeneous Environments. In: Dimitriadis, Y.A., Zigurs, I., Gómez-Sánchez, E. (eds) Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use. CRIWG 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4154. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11853862_17

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