Category: CSCW
Abstract: This paper introduces Object Lens, a
        second-generation version of their Information Lens.
        Object Lens contains two fundamental ideas. First,
        passive information can be represented as
        semi-structured objects, where each object is
        defined as part of an inheritance hierarchy, eg
        "Thing, Message, Action-request, Meeting-proposal."
        By defining and modifying templates for these
        objects, users can represent and interact with many
        different kinds of information. Second, active rules
        for processing information are represented as
        semi-autonomous agents. When creating these agents,
        users specify rules for automatically processing
        information in different situations. A rule
        triggered by incoming news from a bulletin board
        may, for example, sort the interesting and topical
        news into appropriate folders, discarding the rest.
        With these two ideas, Object Lens integrates
        object-oriented databases, hypertext, and electronic
        messaging with intelligent routing.
Bibtype: InProceedings
Booktitle: Proceedings of the Conference on
        Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '88)
Author: K-Y.  Lia
        T. W. Malone
Pages: 115-124
Month: September 26-28
Title: Object Lens: A 'spreadsheet' for cooperative work
Note: semi-structured messages, hypertext
Year: 1988
Address: Portland, Oregon
Publisher: ACM Press