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From: cywong@syacus.acus.oz.au (CY Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.groupware
Subject: coordination technology
Message-ID: <1991Mar10.074044.16329@syacus.acus.oz.au>
Date: 10 Mar 91 07:40:44 GMT
Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
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hi there,

Back in 1985, Anatol Holt wrote a paper on 'Coordination Technology and
Petri Nets'. (Paper was published in LNCS 222 - Advances in Petri Nets 1985)
Abstract of paper reads as follows:

'This paper introduces a new apporach to Petri net interpretation. With this
approach, properly interpreted Petri nets yield new insights about the
mechanics of human work organizations. Furthermore, these insights take
technically useful form. In the last few years, the approach has led to the
development of an industrial software technology - Coordination Technology -
for the construction of electronic work environments. The technological and
scientific background are described enough to provide motivation for the new
approach to Petri net interpretation.'

At that time, CSCW and Groupware were unheard of (at least to me).
I am curious as to the following:

1) was groupware and CSCW actively researched back in 1985
2) if so, was Holt's paper well-known amongst you people
3) were there further papers from Holt (or his colleagues from ITT) on
   this topic
4) is his paper relevant to the area of groupware/cscw (or am i barking up
   the wrong tree)

(email me and I shall summarise to this newsgroup. I am happy to send copies
of paper to anyone if LNCS 222 is difficult to obtain from your library)

Chek Yoon WONG
A.C.U.S.
115 Wicks Rd
North Ryde NSW 2113