BSCW generates and maintains a lot of descriptive information on any object (folder, discussion, document, BSCW group, user etc.) it manages. Some of the items may be edited by a user who has the necessary access rights; others are determined and updated automatically by BSCW. While a few items, e. g. type and name of an object or the user name of its owner, are displayed in various contexts in the HTML-based user interface, it is the Info page of an object that brings together all the information that BSCW maintains about an object.

• Click the  Info   or the   icon to the left of an object's type icon to display the info page of the object.

This page supplies some technical information about the object, shows the history of versioned documents, and current access rights. The contents of the Info page may vary depending on the type of object.

• document The info page shows last modifications and all kinds of access rights which are assigned to this object.
• user Besides user name and email address the info page may contain further information: telephone number, perhaps a photograph, or details about the users' organisation (see 2.4).
• document under version control Additionally this info page shows previous versions as a table (see 4.8). By clicking the versions [Id] you may save it on your local system.  

  Figure 4.6-1: Info page: document under version control