Exposing the collaborative nature of data : working together in the PIT

Mariani, J. A. and Rodden, T. (1996) Exposing the collaborative nature of data : working together in the PIT. In: DEXA '96: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications :. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 445-450. ISBN 0818676620

Abstract

Database management systems have long supported multiuser access to shared bodies of data. However, with their overriding concern for consistency, they effectively isolate users. The authors describe two graphical representations of the shared space and of the users' presence and activity within that space.