Groupware Components as Providers of Contextual Information
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چکیده
Group work context involves many more elements than individual work context. Few researchers have tried to identify context for groupware systems. However, such models are limited to certain kind of contextual information such as location, while others more relevant for group-work are neglected. From a review of the work done in groupware, we discuss three main components for considering contextual information in groupware
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