Geow @ re : a multipurpose geo-based groupware platform using integrated approach

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This paper describes an integrated groupware platform, called “GeoW@re”.

GeoW@re approach tends to coordinate competitive works launched by various independent organizations; the main issue is to increase organization productivity by sharing knowledge.

It deals with multipurpose geo-referenced entities (i.

e., urban, construction geographicrelated projects).

GeoW@re can be seen as multipartite inter-organizations coordinator (coordination-board).

It incites organizations to adhere to some devoted business rules (a specific coordination protocol).

GeoW@re is urban-planning stereotyped tool; most of the concerned organizations apply GIS facilities.

GeoW@re consists of an open component-based system, built on top of Linux/Apache technologies.

It provides an easy internet support integrating groupware and data warehousing facilities.

It was prototyped and validated with satisfaction.

Future works consists to find out an ad-equation between GeoW@re and e-learning discipline.