Application of Frameworks in Groupware The Iris Group Editor Environment Michael Koch, Jurgen Koch Institut fur Informatik, Technische Universitat Munchen The goal of this paper is to present framework technologies from another perspective: Component technology and framework concepts as a solution for providing tailorability at the user level. We introduce and discuss groupware as one application domain where tailorability is a critical issue and present the framework based architecture of our group editor application I RIS . Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.1.5 [Software]: Object-oriented Programming General Terms: Frameworks, Tailorability, Component Technology, Groupware, CSCW Additional Key Words and Phrases: group editors, Iris, Java 1. INTRODUCTION Most of the publications on frameworks describe them as tools for optimizing the design and implementation of complex software [Fayad and Schmidt 1997]. This paper presents another point of view: Framework concepts for enabling tailorability through the user of the application. We will use the application domain of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) because the need for tailorability can be easily demonstrated here. While tailorability is also an issue outside the scope of CSCW, the special demands of support for cooperative work make it a critical issue for groupware. Thus, tailoring of groupware
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