The Web-based user interface
BSCW manages two basic types of objects:
• Objects that do not contain other objects:
o document
o note
o URL
o appointment
o blog entry
o bar chart (of a project)
o poll
o contact
o user
• Objects that may contain other objects:
o folder
o search folder
o calendar
o discussion
o blog
o email message
o template folder
o website folder
o document set
o project
o process (of a project)
o flow folder
o task
o contact list
o member group (of a workspace)
o community
o address book
o clipboard
o trash
In its Web-based user interface, BSCW displays the contents of container objects in pages that share a common basic structure and functionality. The page of a folder may be taken as a model of these pages.
The HTML pages of folders, calendars, discussions or personal objects like the address book, the clipboard, etc. all have a two-part structure consisting of
• a header and
• a list of entries (the body).
The following sections describe the general structure and functionality of such pages using the folder page as an example.
Header