ISABEL - Experiment Distributed Cooperative Work Application over Broadband Networks

Users are looking towards ATM technology as a suitable solution for specific applications in the new field of distributed multimedia. The aim of ISABEL is to take benefit of the new broadband technology in order to provide a good access to new distributed multimedia facilities. The application has been developed to cover two main fields: distance learning activities between two or more real conference rooms and a flexible framework to configure many different computer support cooperative work (CSCW) scenarios. The paper describes the functionality of ISABEL and its use to support real experiments.