Architecture of the DICTE collaboration platform

The aim of the DICTE study is to pave the way for the practical implementation of a collaboration platform that addresses collaboration from both a cultural and technical perspective. This means that the DICTE platform needs to be user friendly (e.g. adequately performing) and have a well structured interface, so as to induce people to collaborate: this will be achieved providing a flexible and dynamic architecture. DICTE architecture design does not aim to offer a collection of collaborative services. The added value of the DICTE architecture is the middleware that supports the use of collaborative services and not the services themselves.