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Subject: UW-CSE Colloq / 2-15-2000 / Dourish / Xerox PARC / Configuration, Customisation and Appropriation
UW-CSE Colloq / 2-15-2000 / Dourish / Xerox PARC / Configuration, Customisation and Appropriation
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, Washington 98195
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Box 352350
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COLLOQUIUM
SPEAKER: Paul Dourish, Xerox PARC
TITLE: Configuration, Customisation and Appropriation: Integrating
Technology and Practice in the Placeless Documents System
DATE: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
TIME: 3:30 pm
PLACE: 134 Sieg Hall
HOST: Alan Borning
ABSTRACT:
A key feature in the adoption of a software system is the extent to
which it can be appropriated into everyday working
practice. Appropriation is a feature of both the social setting and,
critically, the software design. We have been exploring these issues
in the design of the infrastructure and applications for Placeless
Documents. Placeless Documents is a fluid and flexible document
management infrastructure. Rather than the fixed hierarchies that
characterise most document storage systems, Placeless provides an
extensible, composable, associative storage model that accommodates
multiple users, multiple tasks and multiple application needs
simultaneously.
I will outline the motivations behind Placeless, and discuss the
design and challenges behind its implementation. I will then explore
how the issues of configuration, customisation and appropriation
emerged as aspects of our application experience, and caused us to
revise our technical assumptions.
Refreshments to follow.
Email: talk-info@cs.washington.edu
Info: http://www.cs.washington.edu