Web-based groupware system

A method for creating a collaborative workspace, comprising:

• displaying a workgroup creation template with which primary users can interact using a web browser to create one or more collaborative workspaces;
• storing information received from user interaction with the workgroup creation template, wherein the information represents one or more groups of secondary users for a particular collaborative workspace including a name for a workgroup and a corresponding access level to the collaborative workspace for each group or secondary user;
• creating said collaborative workspace in accordance with user interaction with said collaborative workspace template and the stored access levels;
• and
• providing the group web-browser access to the created collaborative workspace.

A computer readable medium having instructions thereon for performing steps for creating a collaborative workspace, the steps comprising:

• displaying a workgroup creation template with which primary users can interact using a web browser to create one or more collaborative workspaces;
• storing information received from user interaction with the workgroup creation template, wherein the information represents one or more groups of secondary users nominated by a primary user for a particular collaborative workspace including a name for a workgroup and a corresponding access level to the collaborative workspace for each group and secondary user;
• creating said collaborative workspace in accordance with user interaction with said collaborative workspace template and the stored access levels;
• and
• providing the group access to the created collaborative workspace via a web browser.