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SHASTRA - An Architecture for Development of Collaborative Applications

We address the issue of architectures and abstractions to implement multimedia scientific manipulation systems in a Concurrent Engineering setting, where experts in a cooperating group communicate and interact to solve problems. We propose a model for the integration of software tools into a multi-user distributed and collaborative environment on the multimedia desktop, and describe a prototype CSCW infrastructure which we have used to implement scientific problem solving tools. Finally, we briefly describe a prototype CE system built on this infrastructure. Shastra presents a unified prototype for some crucial enabling technologies for Concurrent Engineering — Multimedia Communication, Framework Integration, Coordination, and Enterprise Integration.