DATA TYPE CONVERSION FOR ENHANCEMENT OF NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

A method of enhancing network communications that provides conversion of data type, including language translation, between data producing and data consumers desiring to collaborate in a language or other data format different than the host language or data format. A conversion manager can receive producer data, sucn as topic threads, from a data provider and convert, either internally or through remote conversion engines, to a preferably preselected format for republication over the network to subscribing data consumers.