Abstract: A system for remotely accessing a resource in a network having a client-side and a server-side includes a server application having at least one server object that can access the resource, a client application comprising an interface through which a method of a proxy object can be called locally and converted to a request, a servlet that delegates processing of the request to the server object, and a connection for sending the request to the servlet.

Abstract: A mechanism for controlling access to workspaces includes a repository for storing the workspaces, an interface having a set of methods that can be invoked to access the repository, and a server having at least one server object which implements the interface.

Abstract: A system for remotely accessing a resource in a network having a client-side and a server-side includes a server application having at least one server object that can access the resource, a client application comprising an interface through which a method of a proxy object can be called locally and converted to a request, a servlet that delegates processing of the request to the server object, and a connection for sending the request to the servlet.

Abstract: A method for propagating changes from a local workspace that is accessible by a client to a remote workspace that is accessible by a server includes generating a request from the client to the server to create a temporary workspace, obtaining selected data from the local workspace and requesting the server to store the selected data in the temporary workspace, and updating the remote workspace with the data in the temporary workspace. To propagate changes from the remote workspace to the local workspace, the method includes creating a temporary workspace that is accessible by the client, requesting the server to send selected data from the remote workspace, storing the selected data in the temporary workspace, and updating the local workspace with the selected data in the temporary workspace.