A Notation for Computational Mechanisms of Interaction

The present report documents the research activities undertaken in Task 3.2 of the COMIC project. The objective of the three years of research of Strand 3 is to develop a conceptual foundation for designing computational mechanisms of interaction for CSCW applications that can support the complex task of articulating distributed cooperative activities. The present deliverable argues that a common computational notation for constructing different types of computational mechanisms of interaction is feasible and specifies a three level architecture by means of which the notation in principle makes it possible to construct mechanisms of interaction that are malleable to any degree deemed appropriate for any particular setting. Document ID COMIC-D3.3 Status Final Type Deliverable Version 1.3 Date September, 1994 Editors C. Simone (Milano), K. Schmidt (Risø) Task 3.2 © The COMIC Project, Esprit Basic Research Action 6225 Project coordinator: Tom Rodden Computing Department University of Lancaster Lancaster LA1 4YR United Kingdom Phone: (+44) 1524 593 823 Fax: (+44) 1524 593 608 Email: [email protected] The COMIC project comprises the following institutions: Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD), Bonn, Germany Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Swedish Institute for Computer Science (SICS), Stockholm, Sweden Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom (Coordinating Partner) University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom University of Milano, Milano, Italy University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Editors of this report: Carla Simone Kjeld Schmidt Dept. of Information Sciences Cognitive Systems Group University of Milano Risoe National Laboratory I-20135 Milano P.O. Box 49 Italy DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Phone: (+39) 2 55006-289 Phone: (+45) 4677 5146 Fax: (+39) 2 55006-276 Fax: (+45) 4675 5170 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ISBN 0 901800 56 2 Lancaster University, 1994 This report is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.comp.lancs.ac.uk. Further information on COMIC is available from http://www.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/cseg/comic/