6. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the participant has been prohibited from overriding the preferred document type and preferred communication protocol of the groupware.
7. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the preferred document type or preferred communication protocol of the groupware environment overrides the preferred document type or preferred communication protocol of the participant when the preferred document type or preferred communication protocol of the participant is different from the preferred document type or preferred communication protocol of the groupware.