Web portals and “my” portals are now commonplace but they are constructed along familiar lines with
hierarchical management structure. Typically one or more owners of data will allow a larger group of
people to view data in rigid, pre-planned ways. Historically data on the web was presented on static
pages. Nowadays the data is likely to be drawn from a database, but it still tends to be presented in a
layout defined by the supplier. This suggests that it might be fruitful to consider what designs might be
natural or possible in a cooperative, trusting, egalitarian environment. Although this ideal situation is
rarely, if ever, truly found in real life it may be that some of the ideas will be appealing and find
application even in an imperfect environment.
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Citation
STONE, R.G., 2007. A highly configurable query-oriented portal for a co-operative environment. IN: Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications