| 摘要 |
A method of reducing the complexity of managing information and coordinating information technology tools through the use of a enterprise oriented browser and productivity environment is disclosed. A specialized software application ("Research-Desk"), coordinates, manages, and extends individual information technology applications and makes the combined superset of features of those applications available through a single user-interface. Research-Desk communicates with, and hosts the underlying applications in such a way as to make the end-user experience similar to that of a single seamless application. The hosting mechanism of Research-Desk uses applications that can act as DocObject servers, software objects that can act as ActiveX Controls, Windows Single Document Interface (WIN-SDI) applications, and Windows Multiple Document Interface (WIN-MDI) applications. Research-Desk also enables software developers to develop subsets of applications with features that are targeted to knowledge workers in specific tasks which may then be hosted by Research-Desk thereby integrating its functionality with that of other software components or applications also hosted by Research-Desk
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