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Open Source Collaboration for Web Surfers with Google Wave

Brothers Lars and Jens Rasmussen, creators of Google Maps, are hoping for another home run for the Google brand with the developement of an open source collaboration and communications platform called Google Wave. A ‘wave’ brings together elements of conversation and document; riders of the wave exchange information and collaborate with photos, videos, rich text, maps, gadgets, feeds from other web sources, and more.

Wiki-like functionality allows everyone on a wave to directly edit content or comment on specific elements. Real-time updates allow collaborators to see changes being made as they happen. There is also a history or ‘playback’ feature that allows you to see how the wave has evolved.

Google Wave is an HTML 5 application built on the Google Web Toolkit. An open source project with rich APIs, GWave allows developers to build on top of the platform and also promotes communication and integration into other web services.

We think Google Wave looks ’swell’ so far and we’re anxious to see more of this product as it develops.

Source: Google Blog