In
hypermedia systems, a HyperDisco architecture is
based on three levels of tools consisting of a combination of hypermedia tools
and integrated third-party applications, as well as tool integrators. Tool
integrators provide the hypermedia services to tools and act as session managers
to coordinate a users' access to multiple workspaces. In this system, the
workspace provides both hypermedia
database and
document management services. These
architectural elements may be distributed on
wide-area or
local-area networks.