Category: CSCW
Commentary2: In the special edition on CSCW & Groupware.
        Republished in Greenberg, 1991.
Abstract: Dykstra argues that while systems should nourish
        conversation and stimulate interaction amongst group
        participants, they should not directly regulate the
        actual meeting process. Instead, the technology
        should be supple enough to allow the group itself to
        define its own (perhaps changing) conventions,
        structures, and constraints. Several iterations of
        the Amsterdam Conversation Environment, a system
        supporting groupware as context, are described.
Number: 3
Bibtype: Article
Booktitle: International Journal of Man Machine Studies
Author: E.A. Dykstra
        R.P. Carasik
Pages: 419-434
Title: Structure and support in cooperative environments:
        The Amsterdam Conversation Environment
Note: social impact, software design
Year: 1991
Volume: 34