This edited volume presents the latest work on CSCW and the Semantic Web. Consisting of revised, extended papers presented at COOP '08, its themes include organizational working, non task-based environments, creativity and development of Web 2.0 applications.

Many challenges were identified in CSCW some thirty years ago, and some of these remain problematic today. However they are being progressively transformed and this edited volume contains contributions that demonstrate how these new challenges are being dealt with in a variety of ways, reflecting the balance of rigour and creativity that has always characterised the field.

Originally presented at COOP '08 which took place in Carry-le-Rouet, France in 2008, the contributions to this volume have been substantially extended and revised. New technologies, new domains and new methods are described for supporting design and evaluation. Taking a progressive and critical stance, the authors cover a variety of themes including inter-organisational working, non task-based environments, creativity, and the development of Web 2.0 (and even Web 3.0) applications, including new cooperative mechanisms and new classification possibilities.

Presents recent research and results in the area of CSCW and the Semantic Web Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext

CSCW has always been associated with support for complex work practices within organisations and a related concern with the relationship between traditional co-located work practices and newer, computer mediated, practices. Equally importantly, it has maintained a steadfastly critical, creative and rigorous approach to the problems under its remit.

Many challenges were identified in CSCW some thirty years ago, and some of these remain problematic today. However they are being progressively transformed and this edited volume contains contributions that demonstrate how these new challenges are being dealt with in a variety of ways, reflecting the balance of rigour and creativity that has always characterised the field.

Originally presented at COOP '08 which took place in Carry-le-Rouet, France in 2008, the contributions to this volume have been substantially extended and revised. New technologies, new domains and new methods are described for supporting design and evaluation. Taking a progressive and critical stance, the authors cover a variety of themes including inter-organisational working, non task-based environments, creativity, and the development of Web 2.0 (and even Web 3.0) applications, including new cooperative mechanisms and new classification possibilities.

Inhalt
Awareness of Work.- Anticipative Awareness in a Groupware System.- 'Colour, It's Just a Constant Problem': An Examination of Practice, Infrastructure and Workflow in Colour Printing.- Toward Regional Clusters: Networking Events, Collaborative Research, and the Business Finder.- Work and Creativity.- Support of Collaborative Creativity for Co-located Meetings.- Designing for Collective Interaction: Toward Desirable Spaces in Homes and Libraries.- Between Casual Commitment and Cross-Media Articulation: The Faith of the Napkin.- Web 2.0 Problems and Solutions.- People Tagging and Ontology Maturing: Toward Collaborative Competence Management.- Beyond Web 2.0 and Beyond the Semantic Web.- Engineering 2.0: Exploring Lightweight Technologies for the Virtual Enterprise.- The Interplay of Web 2.0 and Collaboration Support Systems: Leveraging Synergies.