Design of a web based collaborative conference system

The network based cooperative work based on web service is becoming one of the most important work model for modem enterprises. More and more enterprise processes is moving to the network. Remote collaborative conference is only one of the. In order to provide a remote collaborative conference platform and environment,a Remote Collaborative Conference System (RCCS) which adopted Browser/Server multi-layer architecture, web service technology and Java language is developed in the paper. The RCCS provides a series of remote collaborative conference supporting functions,such as conference registering, downloading conference papers under security restriction, public or private communicating and e-name-card exchanging among remote participants, making oral presentation, displaying posters, and so on. Some key web service technologies were adopted to setup a virtual conference platform and supporting environment. For example,Java Applet technology was adopted to ensure a thin client side,the SSL and Digital Signature technology were used to ensure the system security, the JMF (Java Media Framework) was used to develop the online communicating functions. The RCCS will be able to solve some of the existing problems of today's international conferences, such as the high cost,long period, date/region restriction etc.