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{{Pageheaderbox4PatternType<br />
|PATname=User Workspace<br />
|summary=Comprises a set of facilities that offer a digital workspace to end-users, that enables them to use and access applications and/or communicate with other end-users<br />
|version=0.3<br />
|owner=S.A.D. Jumelet<br />
|sector=Infrastructure Sector Commons<br />
}}<br />
This Pattern models the generic user workspace. With it, all different variants of user workspaces can easily be modeled, including telephony solutions (that in some cases provides an additional workspace, dedicated to the application of telephony).<br />
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Note that the pattern depends on many adjacent patterns, which in turn will also have to be modeled in a fitting variant.<br />
{{PAgraphic<br />
|graphic=PAT.User Workspace.png<br />
|source=Pattern User Workspace.vsd<br />
|size=500px<br />
|title=User Workspace<br />
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{{Pattern Type Composition}}<br />
{{Pattern Type Composition Row<br />
|facility=BT.Workspace Projection<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=This Building Block Type represents the functionality that is delivering the Workspace Presentation to the end-user and the device the end-user is using to 'receive' or access his workspace. <br />
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{{Pattern Type Composition Row<br />
|facility=BT.User Input<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=This type of facility enables users to feed data into the Workspace. Note that if remote operation of the workspace is needed, then facilities of this type are located with the user at the remote location. This facility type has a broad range of possible applications, from document scanning facilities to bar code or finger print readers.<br />
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{{Pattern Type Composition Row<br />
|facility=BT.User Output<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=Users most always need to be able to retrieve data from their Workspace in other formats than display on the main screen. Printouts are the main example here. Note that if remote operation of the workspace is needed, then this facility may be located with the user at the remote location, or it may be located elsewhere, depending on the output device and its purpose. For example, the user working from home may wish to print a document on a department printer instead of his/her personal printer.<br />
}}<br />
{{Pattern Type Composition Row<br />
|facility=BT.Presentation Engine<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=This facility covers the methods with which the workspace is exposed to the user. While this is a built-in facility for many workspace solutions (e.g. the ubiquitous PC), it is a design choice for many other solutions (e.g. Server Based Computing solutions), and has impact on the usability and feature-richness of the workspace, and on the technical facilities needed to support the workspace.<br />
}}<br />
{{Pattern Type Composition Row<br />
|facility=BT.Workspace Engine<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=This is the core component offering the workspace itself. It provides the run-time environment for client applications.<br />
}}<br />
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{{Pattern Type Neighbors}}<br />
{{Pattern_Type_Adjacent_PAT_Row<br />
|pattern=PAT.Data Transport<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=This pattern takes care of all data transport between facilities inside this pattern, and also allows for access of the facility by clients. Note that data transport security is not handled within the User Workspace pattern itself.<br />
}}<br />
{{Pattern_Type_Adjacent_PAT_Row<br />
|pattern=PAT.Facilities Deployment<br />
|choice=may<br />
|reason=If user workspaces should be deployed automatically, then this Pattern Type can take care of that.<br />
}}<br />
{{Pattern_Type_Adjacent_PAT_Row<br />
|pattern=PAT.Common Communication Facilities<br />
|choice=may<br />
|reason=This Pattern describes the communication solutions that are offered to end users in a centralized way, like Call Handling, Messaging and Mail solutions.<br />
}}<br />
{{Pattern_Type_Adjacent_PAT_Row<br />
|pattern=PAT.Data Storage<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=When users create or consume data, it needs to be stored and retrieved in a suitable manner. This pattern desribes these type of solutions.<br />
}}<br />
{{Pattern_Type_Adjacent_PAT_Row<br />
|pattern=PAT.Authentication+Authorization<br />
|choice=must<br />
|reason=Since the User Workspace offers access to company resources, it's use needs to be checked against repositories with permission rules, presumably based on identities.<br />
}}<br />
{{Table Ending}}<br />
{{PATfooter}}</div>Jan Schoonderbeek