Article Free Access Share on Consortium: a framework for transactions in collaborative environments Authors: Vram Kouramajian Knight-Ridder Information, Inc., Mountain View, CA and Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, Texas Knight-Ridder Information, Inc., Mountain View, CA and Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, TexasView Profile , Ross Dargahi Knight-Ridder Information, Inc., Mountain View, CA and Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, Texas Knight-Ridder Information, Inc., Mountain View, CA and Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, TexasView Profile , Jerry Fowler Center for Information Infrastructure and Computing Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX and Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, Texas Center for Information Infrastructure and Computing Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX and Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, TexasView Profile , Donald Baker Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, Texas Information Technology Development, Rice University, Houston, TexasView Profile Authors Info & Claims CIKM '95: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Information and knowledge managementDecember 1995 Pages 260–265https://doi.org/10.1145/221270.221585Published:02 December 1995Publication History 1citation325DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1Total Downloads325Last 12 Months0Last 6 weeks0 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

The Virtual Notebook System (VNS) is a distributed collaborative hypertext system that has made a successful transition from research prototype to commercial product. Experience in developing and deploying the VNS in diverse settings including biomedical research, undergraduate education, and collaborative system prototyping has developed insight into the use of systems for computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). This paper provides a brief overview of the VNS, discusses some of its strengths and weaknesses with respect to collaboration, and draws some conclusions about the impact of metaphor and extensibility on the collaborative process.