Axon - An Adaptive Collaborative Web Portal

Collaborative web portals allow groups to author, create, update, and share content via easy-to-use web-based interfaces (e.g., MediaWiki, Sharepoint, etc.) From an adaptability perspective, such portals are limited in their authentication, mobile device access, multi-channel document delivery, and version management. For example, in wikis, security is often at two extremes: anonymous users (no authorization and read-only browsing) vs. super users (unfettered access and update). As a result, these limitations have slowed acceptance of such portals in commercial and governmental settings for true collaboration, e.g., a patient/provider portal for health care has stringent security (HIPAA) requirements for access and sharing of personal health data.