WORKSPACE DOCKING

SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS USED TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO ENABLE THE SHARING OF DOCUMENTS AND APPLICATIONS WITHIN COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS, IN THE NATURE OF A COLLECTION OF BASIC SOFTWARE AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE INTERFACES AND PROTOCOLS, IN AREAS SUCH AS COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION, RESOURCE LOCATION, SECURITY, AND DATA ACCESS, WHICH TOGETHER MAY BE USED BY PROGRAMMERS TO CREATE APPLICATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR USE WITH THE ACCESS GRID AND OTHER COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENTS