MOOsburg: multi-user domain support for a community network

• Published in: Internet research Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 65 - 73
• Main Authors: Carroll, John M., Beth Rosson, Mary, Isenhour, Philip L., Van Metre, Christina, Schafer, Wendy A., Ganoe, Craig H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.01.2001; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Asynchronous Communication; Bulletin Boards; Client Server Architecture; Client Server Computing Systems; Collaboration; Communication; Communication (Thought Transfer); Community Development; Community Information Services; Community networks; Community Relations; Computer Interfaces; Computer Networks; Computer Software; Environment; Futures (of Society); Java; Learning Activities; Man Machine Systems; MOOs; MOOsburg; Multiuser domains; Multiuser systems; Municipalities; Navigation; Navigation (Information Systems); Networks; Object oriented programming; Reading Materials; Research Assistants; Semantics; Software; Spatial Analysis; Studies; User interface; Virginia (Blacksburg); Virtual networks; Virginia; Communications; Multi-user computing; Computer networks; Object-oriented computing
• ISSN: 1066-2243; 2054-5657
• DOI: 10.1108/10662240110365733

MOOsburg is a community-oriented multi-user domain. It was created to enrich the Blacksburg Electronic Village by providing real-time, situated, interaction, and a place-based information model for community information. We are experimenting with an implementation fundamentally different from classic multi-user domains object-oriented (MOOs), supporting distributed system development and management, and a direct manipulation approach to navigation. To guide the development of MOOsburg, we are focusing on a set of community-oriented applications, including a virtual science fair.