企業在使用傳統群組軟體時，時常會面臨許多的問題與限制。它們包括：(1)由於客戶端需要程式的拷貝，造成建置成本較高，而且版本控制不易；(2)各個群組軟體都是專屬系統，容易受限於軟硬體平台，而且彼此之間的整合不易；(3)各種群組軟體缺乏統一的使用者介面，造成高訓練成本。最近全球資訊網上應用程式開發工具與技術已日趨成熟，使得在全球資訊網上開發群組軟體成為另外一種選擇。在本文中，我們提出在全球資訊網上開發群組軟體的架構與方法，它可以容易地解決上述的問題，並且具有方便與其他種類網際網路服務系統(例如Gopher, BBS, NetNews, E-mail, Telnet, FTP, WAIS等)的整合，而共享眾多外部資訊的優點。另外，我們也舉出傳統群組軟體與全球資訊網上群組軟體開發方式的比較分析結果，以提供企業在選擇群組軟體開發工具時參考。最後，我們並以一個群體排程的離型系統為應用實例說明。

Traditional groupware has limitations, such as (1) high installation costs and the dif-faculty in controlling versions among many client sites, (2) hardness in integration when multiple platforms are involved, and (3) high training costs due to lack of a uniform inter-face. The recent development of World-Wide Web has provided an opportunity to over-come the problems. In this paper, we present a framework for developing Web-based groupware. It not only eliminates those shortcomings mentioned above, but also allows various services on the Internet (such as Gopher, BBS, NetNews, E-mail, Telnet, FTP, WAIS, etc.) to be integrated. An extensive comparison between the traditional approach and our approach is provided. A prototype system for group scheduling developed on the Web is also presented.