Ariadne (Ris¿ report)

This is a report on an attempt to develop a CSCW infrastructure that can support the construction and use of malleable and linkable coordination mechanisms. On the basis of a scenario derived from field studies, the paper outlines the Ariadne framework, describes the notation’s main features and illustrates how it can be applied to the scenario. The paper attempts to bridge from sociological investigation to computer science. Supported by the EU’s Esprit Basic Research program (the COMIC project, action no. 6225), and The Danish Natural Science Research Council. © Carla Simone1, Kjeld Schmidt2, Peter Carstensen2, Monica Divitini3 1Dept. of Computer Sciences, University of Torino, Corso Svizzera 185, I-10148 Torino, Italy. Email: [email protected] 2Systems Analysis Dept., Risø National Laboratory, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Email: {kjeld.schmidt, peter.carstensen}@risoe.dk 3Dept. of Computer Sciences, University of Milano, Via Comelico, 39/41, I-20135 Milano, Italy. Email: [email protected] ISBN 87-550-2246-4 ISSN 0106-2840 Grafisk Service, Risø, 1996