BSCW provides several types of objects that you may create, manage and share in a Workspace.

 Document (in this example a pdf file)

 Document under version control [1.2] (in this example a text/html file)

 Note

 URL (Link)

 Folder

 Search Result (in this example performed by Altavista)

 Calendar

 Discussion

 RFC 822 Email

 Document Set

 Project

The icon on the left of the object name indicates the class of the object. For a document the icon identifies its MIME type (see 3.2.1).

Some objects like folder or discussions may be turned into a shared workspace (see 4.4 and 4.5). In their entry list view the objects they contain are represented by entries in a standardized layout.

• Click the name of the object in its entry to display its content in a separate page or - if the object is a Document that your Web browser cannot display - to download the file. After that you can open it on your local system by using an appropriate application.