CoMeMo: constructing and sharing everyday memory

This paper describes the CoMeMo project which aims to develop systems which articulate, organize and utilize everyday memory in a group or in a community. The basic hypothesis is that connecting information without defining the semantics using the weak information structures is effective to deal with a large amount of diverse information. The CoMeMo architecture consists of: CoMeMo Workbench, CoMeMo Incorporator, CoMeMo Mobile Terminal, CoMeMo Server, CoMeMo Protocol and CoMeMo Agent. We have implemented the CoMeMo Workbench, the CoMeMo Incorporator and a prototype of the CoMeMo Mobile Terminal. We have developed applications based on the CoMeMo architecture: information gathering and reorganization from WWW pages; ontology development; education support; and conference support.