Category: CSCW
Abstract: The paper examined how members of a biomedical
        research group could coordinate efforts and share
        information. The authors' aim is to allow a
        researcher to scan, filter and manage information,
        to use the information for decision-making, and to
        disseminate it to the rest of the team and to
        outsiders through a "web" of interactions. In their
        implementation, users can structure or filter their
        information and their collaborations through sets of
        templates (structured messages), each tailored to
        fit a task. Templates exist, for example, for
        searching on-line medical databases and for sending
        and selectively receiving mail. Through templates, a
        uniform interface is created between group members
        and sources of information. Furthermore, all
        information can be pasted and presented in a
        hypertext system which allows its users to share
        information to the degree appropriate to their
        activities.
Bibtype: InProceedings
Booktitle: Proceedings of the Conference on
        Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '88)
Author: G. A.  Gorry
        A. M.  Burger
        R. J.  Chaney
        K. B.  Long
        C. M. Tausk
Pages: 39-51
Month: September 26-28
Title: Computer Support for Biomedical Work Groups
Note: semi-structured messages, hypertext
Year: 1988
Address: Portland, Oregon
Publisher: ACM Press