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Building CollaborationSoftware for the InternetIDah Ming CliiuDavid M. GriffuiCollaboration software for the Internet's WorldWide Web involves the development of sharedinformation systems for network computing.The AltaVista Forum version 2.0 software fromDigital contains extensions to World Wide Webtechnology that facilitate collaboration on theInternet. The extensions consist of a toolkitand a set of collaboration applications. Thetoolkit components include a built-in databasewith an indexing and search capability.Generic applications include discussion, documentsharing, and calendar applications andadministrative functions for managing users,teams, and access control.Tlic Internet and the World Wicic Web (WWW)lia\,e changed the scope of nen\,ork computing. Asthe Intcrnct i~scr population has gro\\,n, so I~as thcdemand for better to collaborate on the Intcmct.Some csamplcs include the ability to share and discussissues of com~iion interest, coauthor iioc~~ments, andtrack project st,~tus. Altliougli today's \V\VW is idealfor publishing inhrlnation, it rcquircs considerablecustomized programming to support collaboration.The AltaVista For~~m \.el-sion 2.0 proci~~ct is both a setof collnbor
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