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The wOrlds System

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wOrlds was a computer—based environment developed by the wOrlds project group1 to provide support for collaborative work through shared group spaces. Against the background of work and concepts outlined in Chapter 2, this chapter provides an overview of our experiences developing wOrlds, introducing the background motivation for the system and then giving a brief tour of wOrlds.

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Fitzpatrick, G. (2003). The wOrlds System. In: The Locales Framework. The Springer International series on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0363-5_3

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