IRIS Chat FRD

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IRIS Chat FRD

• Group Chat, CALO Chat, Journal
• IRIS 2.0

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Overview

• Group Chat
• Instant-messaging style conversation with remote
  individuals and groups (chatrooms)
• Current IRIS implementation uses Jabber and
  custom text-based Swing GUI, group chat only
• CALO Chat
• Conversation with personal CALO
• Current implementation uses OAA/CALOGUI interface
  and Calpa HTML browser for display
• Journal
• Daily notes, purple numbers
• Current implementation uses Calpa HTML browser,
  hard-wired code in DispatcherApp

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Target Audience

• Office Suite User (Minimal Effort Group)
• Wants standard chat client similar to AIM, ICQ,
  Yahoo Messenger
• Integration with address book and for individuals
  and groups
• Not necessarily a CALO user
• CALO Power User (Big Filer)
• Wants to use CALO to organize and assist
• Interact with CALO like any other person
• Will make and use relational information, e.g.
• Link current chat conversation to Project X
• CALO, what did Helen tell me about Project X
  last week?

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Requirements (source me)

• Group Chat
• Compatibility with existing messaging standards
• Similar to existing messaging client UIs
• Open and close individual/group-chat windows
• List of active chats
• Send message to individual/group
• Receive incoming messages from individual/group
• Notification of new messages, not overly
  obtrusive
• Roster (Buddy list)
• Integration with ContactsApp
• Share UI, share user/group models
• Address book with individuals chat IDs and group
  chatroom names
• ContactsApp has start chat with functionality

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Requirements

• CALO Chat
• Same GUI as Group Chat
• Talk to CALO like a person
• Minor exceptions special indicator, cant close
  CALO chat
• Use OAA and CALOGUI interface to communicate with
  other CALO components
• Journal
• Simplified Chat GUI
• Notes to Self

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Requirements

• Group Chat, CALO Chat, and Journal
• Record content of chat sessions, view prior
  sessions
• Privacy/security issues (TBD)
• Relational links
• URIs for chat sessions and conversational
  elements
• Chat visible while running other IRIS application
• E.g. CALO giving you advice about managing email
  
• Synchronization Support
• Maintain/improve existing DataGroupChat used for
  synchronization
• May be deprecated for Radar Networks solution

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Recommended Design

• Jabber(XMPP) as Group Chat messaging protocol,
  Jive Software Smack libraries
• Server-side gateways for AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo
• URI for each chat session and each individual
  message in a session
• Tree viewer showing all active chats of all types
• Same viewer for Group Chat, CALO Chat, and
  Journal
• Same interface for text input, linking
• Can add markup/graphics to all chats
• Shared code for the three Applications
• Storing, accessing Jena/RN models
• URI processing

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Roadmap

• Release 1.3 Iris integration
• Merge existing ChatApp, CALOGUI, and Journal
• HTML viewer
• Jena/RN relational data store
• Record chat sessions and messages with URI
  linking
• Add Jabber individual chat and instant messaging
• Release 1.4 UI improvements
• Chat while other IRIS App is visible
• ContactsApp integration
• Shared UI and ontology
• Notifications
• View previously recorded chats

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Roadmap

• Release 1.5 Advanced messaging
• Jabber gateways for AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo
• Integrate Jabber roster with IRIS address book
• Jabber chatroom configuration/administration
• Release 2.0 Full functionality
• Chat with HTML markup, including images
• Online meetings in ChatApp?

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Dependencies

• Ontologies
• individual, group
• chat-session, chat-message, chat-server,
  chat-userid
• Jena/Radar Networks decision
• HTML viewer Calpa, Mozilla?
• IRIS UI support for multiple simultaneous
  applications
• Detachable windows
• ContactsApp UI for accessing address book
• IRIS Search