Methods of coding information and representing it in the form of data are rarely discussed outside of software manuals and introductory courses in statistical analysis. This is a shame, as the methods used for coding are very important for analysis and sharing data between different software packages (for example, spreadsheet, statistical and graphical packages). The purpose of this paper is to...

Conventions are an important part of articulation work. They are a means to merge the various perspectives and workstyles that are involved in handling shared objects in CSCW. We report on convention use with a groupware system used in a government ministry. Our findings suggest that defining, establishing, and following conventions is aided by the visibility of other people's activities using ...