<s>
Basic	B-Protocol
Support	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Cooperative	I-Protocol
Work	I-Protocol
(	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
workspace	O
software	O
package	O
for	O
collaboration	O
over	O
the	O
Web	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Fraunhofer	O
Society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSCW	B-Protocol
supports	O
document	O
upload	O
,	O
event	O
notification	O
,	O
and	O
group	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
are	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
Classic	O
(	O
5	O
)	O
and	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
Social	O
(	O
7	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clients	O
require	O
a	O
standard	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSCW	B-Protocol
can	O
entirely	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
groupware	O
is	O
offered	O
as	O
Cloud	O
or	O
OnPremise	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
product	O
versions	O
of	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
Classic	O
continues	O
the	O
software	O
since	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
and	O
offers	O
basic	O
collaboration	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
Social	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
parallel	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
more	O
modern	O
design	O
and	O
focuses	O
more	O
on	O
communication	O
and	O
document	O
exchange	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
contextual	O
and	O
interactive	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
versions	O
offer	O
more	O
than	O
500	O
features	O
to	O
simplify	O
internal	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documents	O
on	O
the	O
local	O
computer	O
can	O
be	O
automatically	O
synchronised	O
with	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
OrbiTeam	O
Software	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
and	O
continues	O
to	O
provide	O
maintenance	O
,	O
development	O
and	O
professional	O
support	O
for	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
systems	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OrbiTeam	O
's	O
services	O
include	O
support	O
during	O
installation	O
and	O
operation	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
customisation	O
and	O
extension	O
of	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSCW	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
by	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
national	O
and	O
international	O
research	O
projects	O
have	O
been	O
conducted	O
with	O
BSCW	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSCW	B-Protocol
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1995	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
Society	O
for	O
Mathematics	O
and	O
Data	O
Processing	O
(	O
GMD	O
)	O
(	O
now	O
Fraunhofer	O
Institute	O
for	O
Applied	O
Information	O
Technology	O
(	O
FIT	O
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
