What is an Internet Collaboration Server?
Nearly every client/server computer program can be described as facilitating some kind of ‘collaboration’. However, a collaboration server for the purposes of this ODP category is a server program whose main function is to facilitate interaction and collaboration between humans. A collaboration server is, thus, closely related conceptually, and often shares features and structures with, ‘groupware’ , ‘workflow’, and ‘document management’ categories of server software. The other important criteria for inclusion in this category is that the server in question actually be an Internet server, as opposed to a server that cannot operate over TCP/IP or interoperate with any of the standard Internet protocols.
