Open AccessObject Oriented Programming and Computerised Shared Material
Author(s) -
Pål Sørgaard
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
daimi pb
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2245-9316
pISSN - 0105-8517
DOI - 10.7146/dpb.v17i247.7603
Subject(s) - computer science , object oriented programming , work (physics) , process (computing) , object (grammar) , software engineering , human–computer interaction , programming language , artificial intelligence , engineering , mechanical engineering
Computer supported cooperative work currently receives much attention. There are many aspects of cooperative work. One of these is the use of shared material. Much cooperation is based on silent coordination mediated by the shared material used in the work process. The properties of the shared material are, however, often ignored when work is computerised. Instead the emphasis has been on automating frequent work procedures. This has resulted in very inflexible systems. A fundamental idea in object oriented programming is to model the phenomena in the part of reality the system addresses. These modelling techniques can be used to implement shared material on computers. The result is a raw system providing the material and the essential primitive operations on this material. Such a system can be seen as a specialised programming environmeht which can be tailored to the needs of individual users or be modified for future needs.