Media object description for self configuring conferences

摘要

A method and conferencing system for communicating data between a plurality of nodes of the conferencing system. According to a preferred embodiment, data is formatted into a conferencing object. The formatted data is transmitted from a source node via a communications means of the conferencing system to at least one receiving node. The conferencing object comprises a content portion having at least one data element, and a descriptor portion having effectiveness information, wherein the effectiveness information describes the value of the at least one data element of the content portion.