A BSCW server may - or may not - allow self-registration by prospective users. If a server has not been configured for self-registration, then only the BSCW administrator can register new users.

The following description of the registration process assumes that your BSCW server does allow self-registration.

The key to your registration is your personal email address. A BSCW server will typically get it

• from you by means of the registration form - or
• from somebody who is already a registered user and who invites you to cooperate with her or him in a shared workspace (see 4.4).

When the registration procedure is initiated by providing your email address, BSCW sends an email to that address. This email contains a special URL which you have to open in your Web browser.

Opening this URL, which can be used only once, brings up a form to fill in your user name and your password.

Note:

Read our recommendations regarding user names and passwords in section 2.1.2 and section 2.1.3 before entering user name and password.
Please note, that your are not able to change your user name later!

When you submit the form, BSCW combines the information with the email address and is ready for your first log-in with this user name and the password.