Feature Combination: A New Approach to
Abstract:
This paper describes a new approach to tailorable groupware systems. Its main goal is to make the behavior and other properties of objects tailorable by the end user. We achieve this by breaking up the properties of objects into fine-grained parts called features. The user specifies an object's properties by building a feature set. Feature sets are supposed to be a very simple and intuitive means for specifying object properties. Since a feature includes the implementation of its property, an object with an associated feature set corresponds to a fully functional micro application. Highlights of our realization are the construction of code pieces from parts without the need for programming and the "live " modification of an object's feature set. Thus we meet two important requirements in tailorability. 1
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