Objects for Users End-User Development of a Cooperative Information Model

Object oriented methods started with the vision of making computer power available to all users. This paper introduces an approach in which again malleable objects are the key element of an empowerment strategy. The goal is to offer a cooperation support to virtual teams, which is adaptable to evolving structure and organization of the cooperative work. In the described approach, the common information space offers a generic set of functionality to access (display, alter and store) shared objects, whereas the users define and alter the object structure incrementally to adapt the information model to their needs and goals.