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<h1>About Collaborama</h1>

<p>Collaborama is a collaborative, programmable Web tool, with features
combining those of a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki">wiki</a>, a Web portal, and a
programming environment.  You can use Collaborama commands to perform a
variety of tasks on the Web, such as searching, extracting, or
combining information from Web sites.  The really useful thing about
Collaborama is that everyone can help create and share new commands.  </p>

<p>Increasingly, the Web is becoming a collaborative platform.  <a
href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a>,
<a href="http://del.icio.us/">del.icio.us</a>, and other popular tools
have shown the power of community collaboration in assembling
information and in communication.  Collaborama is a simple demonstration of
how software and services might also be created collaboratively --
that is, to share not just content, but code.  Collaborama is basically
written using itself!</p>


<h1>Status</h1>

<p>Collaborama is in a very early alpha release stage, but we have many
<a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=ideas">ideas</a> about how to evolve
it.  Please <a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=site.contact">contact us</a>
with any questions, comments, or ideas, or <a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=global.opinions">opinions</a> of your own.
</p>

<p>Anyone can use Collaborama commands, but you must become a member to have
editing priviledges.  Currently, to limit abuse, membership is by invitation.
</p>


<h1>Research Publication</h1>

We've written a paper about WubHub (an early version of Collaborama) presented at the Semantic Wiki 2006 workshop in Montenegro: 
<ul>
<li>  <i>"A Collaborative Programming Environment for Web Interoperability"</i> -- <a href="http://adam.cheyer.com/papers/wubhub-semwiki2006.pdf" target="_blank">Download PDF</a>
</ul>


<h1>Team</h1>

Collaborama was conceived and written by
<a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=site.acheyerprofile">Adam Cheyer</a> and
<a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=site.levyprofile">Josh Levy</a>.
Of course, we hope the real contributions will come from
Collaborama <a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=members">members</a>.

<h1>Legal stuff</h1>

<ul>
<LI> <a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=site.privacypolicy">Privacy Policy</a>
<LI> <a href="/webl/WubHub_DoIt?cmdline=site.terms">Code Contribution Terms</a>
</ul>