Managing a collaborative space

1. A system for managing a collaborative space, comprising:

a provide engine to provide a collaborative space in which a number of users collaborate from respective client devices;

a monitor engine to monitor content of the collaborative space to determine a context of collaboration in the collaborative space; and

a change engine to change an operation of at least one functionality of the collaborative space based on the determined context of collaboration in the collaborative space.

2. The system of claim 1 , in which the change engine adapts a type ahead functionality of the collaborative space.

3. The system of claim 2 , in which adapting a type ahead functionality of the collaborative space further comprises making suggestions based on the context of the collaboration.

4. The system of claim 1 , in which the change engine adapts a spell check functionality of the collaborative space.

5. The system of claim 4 , in which adapting a spell check functionality further comprises using a dictionary based on the context of the collaboration.

6. The system of claim 1 , in which the change engine adapts a markup functionality of the collaborative space.

7. The system of claim 6 , in which adapting a markup functionality further comprises using colors based on the context of the collaboration.

8. The system of claim 1 , in which the change engine adapts an object reference functionality in the collaborative space based on the context of the collaboration.

9. The system of claim 1 , in which the change engine adapts a library functionality in the collaborative space based on the context of the collaboration.

10. The system of claim 1 , in which the change engine adapts a rule functionality in the collaborative space based on the context of the collaboration.

11. The system of claim 1 , in which changing an operation of at least one functionality of the collaborative space is based on a request.

12. A system for managing a collaborative space, comprising:

a monitor engine to monitor content of the collaborative space to determine a context of collaboration in the collaborative space;

a receive engine to receive context information for the collaborative space; and

a change engine to change an operation of at least one functionality of the collaborative space based on the received context information.

13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising an update engine to update the context of the collaborative space.

14. The system of claim 11 , in which changing an operation of at least one functionality of a collaborative space comprises adapting a type ahead functionality, a spell check functionality, a markup functionality, an object reference functionality, a library functionality, a rule functionality, or combinations thereof.

15. A computer program product for managing a collaborative space, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium comprising computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:

computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, identify, within the collaborative space, a recipient of a message;

computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, obtain recipient context information that, based on information about the recipient, defines a context for communication with that specific recipient; and

computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, change an operation of at least one functionality of the collaborative space based on the obtained recipient context information.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , in which the recipient context information comprises group membership, language preference, locality preferences, syntax conventions, or combinations thereof.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , in which obtaining recipient context information comprises gathering recipient context information from a repository.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , in which obtaining the recipient context information comprises inferring recipient context information based on data in a repository.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , in which obtaining the recipient context information comprises receiving input from a client device.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, generate a prompt to change at least one functionality of the collaborative space.