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Software components overview. The Smart Vortex architecture will be composed of a number of software components that are integrated in different ways to form the complete Smart Vortex suite. The software components can be positioned in one of the abovementioned tiers, or they can span multiple tiers. The components can be separated into a number of categories based on the functionality they provide. The following are the main component categories:  Data Capture and Telematics components These component captures data from sensors and communicates the data to upper layer components for processing. These are described in section 3.  Data Stream Management System The Data Stream Management System is the core component for searching and processing data streams. The DSMS architecture is described in section 4.  Visual and Multimodal Query components and Data Presentation components These are the components for formulating queries using multimodal or visual GUI components and components for the presentation of data streams to users. These components are described in section 5.  Social Network components These are the software components managing relations between participants of collaborative teams and other applications of the social ontology. Section 6 describes the architecture of the Social Network components.  Collaboration and Decision-making components These components include both synchronous and asynchronous tools to support collaboration within a group. The synchronous tools represent real-time interpersonal communication tools, e.g. audio/video conferencing, text chat, tools for managing shared data and collaboration spaces. The asynchronous tools represent shared document repositories and tools for team management and user presence. Other tools include tools supporting decision-making processes, such as brainstorming, voting and analysis tools. The architecture is described in section 7. A high-level overview of the main architectural components of the Smart Vortex suite is given in Figure 1 below.