BSCW offers the possibility to get information about user activity in your social network in BSCW, i.e. the set of users with whom you share a workspace, to track this activity based on events in these workspaces and to enter into informal communication within the social network of your workspaces.
You can find out which users are currently available on your computer.
o The contact status display shows the "BSCW presence" of the members of a shared workspace.
You can enter into informal communication with members of a workspace.
o Chat messages in BSCW supports the exchange of short text messages in the context of a shared workspace. The events in the workspace are also recorded.