Before Getting There: Potential and Actual Collaboration. Morán, A.&nbsp;L., Favela, J., Enríquez, A.&nbsp;M.<nbsp>M., & Decouchant, D. In CRIWG, pages 147-167, 2002.
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In this paper we introduce the concepts of Actual and Potential Collaboration Spaces. The former applies to the space where collaborative activities are performed, while the second relates to the initial space where opportunities for collaboration are identified and an initial interaction is established. We present a characterization for Potential Collaboration Spaces featuring awareness elements for the potential of collaboration and mechanisms to gather and present them, as well as mechanisms to establish an initial interaction and associated GUI elements. We argue that by making this distinction explicit, and characterizing Potential Collaboration Spaces, designers of groupware can better identify the technical requirements of their systems and thus provide solutions that more appropriately address their users concerns. We illustrate this concept with the design of an application that supports Potential Collaboration Spaces for the PIÑAS web-based coauthoring middleware. Keywords. Potential and Actual Collaboration Spaces, Potential Collaboration Awareness, Casual and Informal Interactions, PIÑAS, Doc2U.
@inproceedings{ DBLP:conf/criwg/MoranFMD02,
  author = {Alberto L. Morán and Jesús Favela and Ana María Martínez
	Enríquez and Dominique Decouchant},
  title = {Before Getting There: Potential and Actual Collaboration},
  booktitle = {CRIWG},
  year = {2002},
  pages = {147-167},
  abstract = {In this paper we introduce the concepts of Actual and Potential Collaboration
	Spaces. The former applies to the space where collaborative activities
	are performed, while the second relates to the initial space where
	opportunities for collaboration are identified and an initial interaction
	is established. We present a characterization for Potential Collaboration
	Spaces featuring awareness elements for the potential of collaboration
	and mechanisms to gather and present them, as well as mechanisms
	to establish an initial interaction and associated GUI elements.
	We argue that by making this distinction explicit, and characterizing
	Potential Collaboration Spaces, designers of groupware can better
	identify the technical requirements of their systems and thus provide
	solutions that more appropriately address their users concerns. We
	illustrate this concept with the design of an application that supports
	Potential Collaboration Spaces for the PIÑAS web-based coauthoring
	middleware. Keywords. Potential and Actual Collaboration Spaces,
	Potential Collaboration Awareness, Casual and Informal Interactions,
	PIÑAS, Doc2U.},
  bdsk-url-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46124-8_11},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de},
  crossref = {DBLP:conf/criwg/2002},
  date-added = {2014-08-30 15:20:17 +0000},
  date-modified = {2014-08-30 15:20:17 +0000}
}

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