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LysKOM
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LysKOM is a conference system, such systems
allows for users to read and comment messages written
by other users. It is a way to communicate information,
to get help and to help, to guide, to organize, to run
a project, and to get to know other people. Examples
of conference systems include FORUM, BBS:s, Lotus Notes.
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Conference Systems
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The most important aspects of conference systems
compared to other CMS (Computer Mediated Systems) are
that messages are stored and the user can read them
at any time he wants to. The messages are structured
into groups (conferences), with different topics.
Vital elements of conference systems are usually:
- conferences - each with an unique topic
- members - users that LOG on to the system
- stored texts - the actual messages
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JySKom is a "klient" used to access information
stored in the LysKOM-system. It introduced new
ideas of visualization and interaction to the
world of KOM:
- Tree display of discussion (many messages)
- One-liners shown compacted
- Platform independence (any WWW-klient)
- Integrated into "INTERNET" (part of Internet)
- Faster (catchup) using browsing
- Fewer interactions
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The Client is the Server!
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Confusing as it may seem, the JySKom client is also
an HTTP-server. The idea is simple. The LysKOM database
server contains the information accessed by the LysKOM client,
this client generates HTML-pages, which are sent to the
WWW-klients that requrest them. Is can be seen as a Middleware
or a Translating program. For simplicity we call this
concept in the context of LysKOM: JySKom!
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