In cooperative work it is especially important that all members of a workspace are informed about what is happening in the workspace. BSCW handles the logging of events automatically and records each action on an object in the workspace as an event. Each member of a workspace is informed about the events within the workspace.
BSCW provides several event services that give different prominence to activities in shared workspaces. You may select among these services those that are most suitable for your needs. In addition, you may specify for which types of events you want to use the selected services. The services include event icons on the web-based user interface that indicate changes to objects, a regular email report, and also instant email notification.
Note: Some of the above event services may not be available on your BSCW server because they have not been activated by your BSCW administrator.