Object lens: a “spreadsheet” for cooperative work
Published 1 January 1988Open access
Kum‐Yew Lai, Thomas W. Malone
Citations138
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The combination of these primitives provides a single consistent interface that integrates facilities for object-oriented databases, hypertext, electronic messaging, and rule-based intelligent agents.
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Object Lens allows unsophisticated computer users to create their own cooperative work applications using a set of simple, but powerful, building blocks. By defining and modifying templates for various semistructured objects, users represent many different kinds of information. By creating semiautonomous agents, users specify rules for automatically processing this information in different situations.
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