A Java framework for Web-based multimedia and collaborative applications

MultiTel is a compositional framework for developing collaborative multimed ia applications, and also designates a Web-based distributed platform that supports intercomponent communication. This article shows how compositional and coordination paradigms can be successfully applied to design cooperati ve Java applications with multimedia data exchange. The focus is on multime dia and network architectures, which define generic and specific components coordinated by connectors for resolving the resource management needs of c ollaborative applications. The MultiTel platform composes application compo nents dynamically, providing mechanisms for building services with plug-and -play transport and multimedia resources.