Reusable component in a collaboration workspace

• US 20060005163A1
• Filed: 06/30/2004
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Mueller, Stefan, Schwarz, Marcus R., Margewitsch, Erwin, Huesken, Jens, Unnewehr, Johannes
• Granted Patent: US 7,814,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/107
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548

Abstract

Described herein are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, that implement a collaboration workspace for reusable components. One method includes receiving a specification of a workspace component, where the workspace component is capable of being used with different collaboration workspaces; providing the specification of the workspace component to a collaboration workspace with a set of parameters related to the workspace component; and presenting the workspace component as part of the collaboration workspace. The workspace component may be added to a collaboration workspace that has been formed. The set of parameters may include a first set of access restrictions associated with the collaboration workspace, a second set of access restrictions associated with the workspace component, and access restriction mappings. In that case, the method includes associating the first set with the second set of access restrictions based on the access restriction mappings.

Claims

1. A method of integrating a workspace component into a collaboration workspace, the method comprising:

receiving a specification of a workspace component, wherein the workspace component is capable of being used with different collaboration workspaces;

providing the specification of the workspace component to a collaboration workspace with a set of parameters related to the workspace component; and

presenting the workspace component as part of the collaboration workspace.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the workspace component is provided in response to a request relating to a collaboration workspace template during generation of a collaboration workspace.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the workspace component is added to a collaboration workspace that has been formed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the workspace component disables workspace content in the collaboration workspace.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a specification of an Nth workspace component for the collaboration workspace; and

providing the specification of the Nth workspace component to the collaboration workspace with an Nth set of parameters related to the Nth workspace component.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the workspace component comprises displaying the workspace component as a defined part of a portal display.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of parameters comprise a first set of access restrictions associated with the collaboration workspace, a second set of access restrictions associated with the workspace component, and access restriction mappings, the method further comprising:

associating the first set of access restrictions with the second set of access restrictions based on the access restriction mappings.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the access restrictions comprise a definition of one or more roles.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing the workspace component from the collaboration workspace.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the workspace component to an Nth collaboration workspace with an Nth set of or more parameters related to the workspace component; and

presenting the workspace component as part of the Nth collaboration workspace.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the workspace component is stored in a directory of content for the collaboration workspace.

12. A collaboration workspace system comprising:

a server comprising;

a workspace content directory to store one or more specifications of workspace components that are capable of being used with different collaboration workspaces, and

a collaboration engine to perform operations comprising including a workspace component in a collaboration workspace based on a set of parameters; and

one or more clients comprising;

a workspace presenter to present a collaboration workspace generated by the collaboration engine to an interface.

13. The collaboration workspace system of claim 12, wherein the collaboration engine includes the workspace component in a collaboration workspace in response to a request relating to a collaboration workspace template during generation of the collaboration workspace.

14. The collaboration workspace system of claim 12, wherein the collaboration engine adds the workspace component to a collaboration workspace that has been formed.

15. The collaboration workspace system of claim 12, wherein the workspace component disables workspace content in the collaboration workspace.

16. The collaboration workspace system of claim 12, wherein the collaboration engine performs operations further comprising including an Nth workspace component in the collaboration workspace based on an Nth set of parameters.

17. The collaboration workspace system of claim 12, wherein the workspace presenter presenting a collaboration workspace to an interface comprises displaying a workspace component as a defined part of a portal display.

18. The collaboration workspace system of claim 12, wherein the set of parameters comprise a first set of access restrictions associated with the collaboration workspace, a second set of access restrictions associated with the workspace component to be included in the collaboration workspace, and access restriction mappings, the collaboration engine to perform operations further comprising:

associating the first set of access restrictions with the second set of access restrictions based on the access restriction mappings.

19. The collaboration workspace system of claim 18, wherein the access restrictions comprise a definition of one or more roles.

20. The collaboration workspace system of claim 12, wherein the collaboration engine being able to perform operations further comprising including the workspace component in an Nth collaboration workspace based on an Nth set of parameters.

21. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product comprising instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a specification of a workspace component, wherein the workspace component is capable of being used with different collaboration workspaces;

providing the specification of the workspace component to the collaboration workspace with a set of parameters related to the workspace component; and

presenting the workspace component as part of the collaboration workspace.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the workspace component is provided in response to a request relating to a collaboration workspace template during creation of a collaboration workspace.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the workspace component is added to a collaboration workspace that has been formed.

24. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the workspace component disables workspace content in the collaboration workspace.

25. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving a specification of an Nth workspace component for the collaboration workspace; and

providing the specification of the Nth workspace component to the collaboration workspace with an Nth set of parameters related to the Nth workspace component.

26. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein presenting the workspace component comprises displaying the workspace component as a defined part of a portal display.

27. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the set of parameters comprise a first set of access restrictions associated with the collaboration workspace, a second set of access restrictions associated with the workspace component, and access restriction mappings, the computer program product further comprising instructions to perform operations comprising:

associating the first set of access restrictions with the second set of access restrictions based on the access restriction mappings.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the access restrictions comprise a definition of one or more roles.

29. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising instructions to perform operations comprising:

removing the workspace component from the collaboration workspace.

30. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising instructions to perform operations comprising:

providing the workspace component to an Nth collaboration workspace with an Nth set of or more parameters related to the workspace component; and

presenting the workspace component as part of the Nth collaboration workspace.