Baecker
[
Baecker Groupware
]
has edited a book of collected papers, and used a taxonomy to classify application papers into
various categories:
Electronic Mail and Computer Conferencing-- tools such as mail and bulletin boards that
support point to point delivery or broadcast of messages.
Structured Mail. Agents, and Workflows-- applications such as Information Lens and Coordinator
that add intelligence to mail systems by adding structure to it, providing filters, and automatically
routing messages.
Cooperative hypertext and organizational memory--
applications such as PREP and IBIS that link group information.
Desktop Conferencing--
same time applications such as Cognoter,
Groupsketch, and Groupdraw.
Electronic meeting and decision rooms-- same place applications such as Liveboard applications
often presupposing a particular room layout.
Media space-- applications such as video walls providing audio and video connections to support
different place collaboration.