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- From: mowbray@rod.mitre.org (Tom Mowbray)
- Subject: Standards for Groupware
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.145841.16915@linus.mitre.org>
- Keywords: CSCW, GROUPWARE, STANDARDS, OSF/GAIA, OMG CORBA
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- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:58:41 GMT
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- The "Standards for Groupware" birds-of-a-feather session at CSCW92
- comprised a discussion of the potential for groupware standards
- and related standards activities, such as OSF/GAIA.
- The concensus was that we need to establish an ongoing working group
- to monitor standards activities and generate standards input.
-
- One outcome of the meeting was the need to compile
- a survey of standards relevant to groupware.
- Robert Watson (@DTI in UK) has a draft survey which I will be
- distributing in hardcopy, and he would like to see the
- following information contributed to the survey
- from each interested organization:
-
- "It would be very useful to have a one/two page position document from each
- member. Would you care to provide a format/outline which we could all use.
- Information on current work/ use of standards, problems encounted and the
- area/direction of possible solutions. A membership list of standard bodies
- you attend/associated with. Possible reference material or at least
- notification that you have access to one. Other information which we
- would find helpful."
-
- Here is the outline format for organization XXXX:
- 1.0 Groupware Activities at XXXX
- 2.0 Utilization of Standards at XXXX
- 3.0 Standards Issues Encountered at XXXX
- 4.0 Formal Standards Participation at XXXX
- 5.0 Annotated Reference List
-
- Responses to the standards survey should be directed to Robert Watson:
- RSW%GB.GOLD-400.HMG-DTI.ITD.ITD3@MHS-RELAY.AC.UK
-
- Also, we discussed the potential use of the OMG-X/Open CORBA standard
- for defining groupware standards across languages and operating systems.
- To obtain the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) Standard,
- send $50 U.S. to:
- Object Management Group
- 492 Old Connecticut Path
- Framingham, Mass 01701 USA
- Phone: +1-508-820 4300
- Internet: omg_request@omg.org
-
- Please send me requests for additions to the "Standards for Groupware"
- hardcopy mailing list.
-
- Thanks...
- * From: Tom Mowbray, Ph.D. Voice: 703-883-6759
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