Some requirements for mobile distributed telecomputing architecture

Abstract

This paper introduces components (Participants, Communications. Events, Relationships, Summaries) and services of Joint Activities in Mobile Distributed Telecomputing Architecture. Services of Presentation/Interaction management. Meeting/Encounter management. Discourse management, Organizational Relationship management. Project/Task management, and Process management, are identified. In particular, it is shown how Electronic Organization and Joint Activities can improve the rapidity of response and the robustness of the distributed cooperative system. A rich bibliography on philosophical, methodological and DAI aspects of this topic is provided.