Table of Contents

1 Summary

1.1 Benefits of using BSCW

1.2 Prerequisites for using BSCW

1.3 Additional information

1.4 BSCW at a glance

1.5 Operating your own BSCW server

2 Getting started

2.1 Registering as a BSCW user

2.2 Logging into your BSCW Workspaces

2.3 Choosing the user interface language

2.4 Filling in your personal Info page

2.5 Configuring your Web browser

2.6 Changing your password -- registering with a new password

2.7 Re-registering with a new password

3 Basic concepts

3.1 HTML-based user interface

3.2 JBrowser

3.3 Shareable objects

3.4 Actions

3.5 Events

3.6 Personal objects

4 Complex functions

4.1 Registration and authentication

4.2 User Preferences

4.3 Personalizing BSCW functionality

4.4 Creating and managing a shared Workspace

4.5 Workspace membership

4.6 Object Info page

4.7 Access rights

4.8 Version-controlled Document

4.9 Discussion and Notes

4.10 Search Result

4.11 URL for objects in a Workspace

4.12 Converting and encoding a Document

4.13 Archiving and encoding objects

4.14 The BSCW Helper program

5 Support for synchronous cooperation

5.1 Meeting

5.2 Calendar

5.3 Monitor

6 Catalog of actions available in BSCW

6.1 Buttons in the personalized user interface

6.2 Actions by object classes

6.3 Glossary of actions