UG - Aug. 27, 1997

SunTREC Erlangen

Sun Technology and Research Excellence Center Erlangen

Dept. of Computer Science IV (Operating Systems)
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Promondia - A Java-based framework for group communication

Overview

Promondia is an object-oriented framework for group communication in the World Wide Web. It simplifies the development of applications such as shared whiteboards, chat, conferencing, and voting.

Because it is implemented completely in Java, it runs on any platform, from within any Java-capable Web browser. No software installation is necessary to use it. It can easily be extended to support new communication methods.

Applications

Currently, five communication methods have been implemented. If you are using a Java-enabled Web Browser and have a direct internet connection without a firewall, you can try two of them now:

Publications

Ulrich Gall, Franz J. Hauck. Promondia: A Java-Based Framework for Real-Time Group Communication in the Web, Presented at the 6th Annual World Wide Web Conference, April 7-11, 1997, Santa Clara, USA; engl.
[Full Paper, online version (HTML)]