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==== What is Urbiflock? ==== | ==== What is Urbiflock? ==== | ||
- | Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework written in AmbientTalk. The framework takes care of managing a user's buddy lists, called | + | UrbiFlock is a framework sculpted for the development of //pervasive social network applications//: |
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+ | Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework | ||
+ | polls, etc. The framework takes care of managing a user’s social networks, called | ||
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+ | Similar to Facebook, users can build applications and plug them into the Urbiflock framework. Several core applications are currently available in the Urbiflock framework, such as flock creators and profile viewers. The framework is currently still under development, | ||
==== Terminology ==== | ==== Terminology ==== | ||
- | * Flock: a group of proximate users | + | * Flockr: a user of the Urbiflock framework |
- | * Flockr: a user of the urbiflock framework | + | * Flock: a group of users |
* To flock: to become part of a group | * To flock: to become part of a group | ||
- | ==== Modules | + | ==== Urbiflock architecture |
- | * [[uf:discovery|Discovery]]: manage discovery of nearby urbiflock users | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf:flockr|Flockr]]: a representation of the user | + | The architecture of the Urbiflock framework shown below is divided in three layers: applications, |
- | * [[uf: | + | {{ : |
- | * isNearby: physical proximity | + | |
- | * isFriend: static encoding | + | The application layer includes several core applications which are currently available in the framework such as flock and profile editors, and several users applications such as //I rate you// (IR8U), and // |
- | * doesProfileMatch: tests an attribute of a user's profile, form ATTR OP VAL, where ATTR is e.g. age, name, gender, hobbies, ... | + | The infrastructure layer consists of three low-level abstractions on which the framework core is based: a RETE engine which orchestrates the flock composition, |
- | * combinators: and, or, not | + | |
- | * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a group of ' | + | In the rest of this subsection we list the relevant parts of the Urbiflock framework. |
- | * [[uf:applications|Applications]]: manage applications | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | * [[uf:flockr|Flockr]]: A flockr represents a user in the framework. |
+ | * [[uf: | ||
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+ | * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a loosely defined group of users. It is an alternative | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf:totam|TOTAM]]: | ||
+ | * [[uf:application|Applications]]: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf:app_viewer|Application Viewer]]: a viewer | ||
+ | * [[uf:profile_viewer|Profile Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing flockr profiles and to update your profile. | ||
+ | * [[uf:iflocku|IFlockU]]: a friend suggestor based on profile similarity and time spent in proximity. | ||
+ | * [[uf:guanotes|Guanotes]]: | ||
+ | * [[uf:ir8u|IR8U]]: an application | ||
- | A flock is defined as a list of references | + | ==== Target Platforms ==== |
+ | The Urbiflock framework has been entirely written in the AmbientTalk language. As such, no configuration | ||
- | Predefined Flocks: | + | AmbientTalk runs on a regular J2SE Java Virtual |
- | * friend flockrs: isFriend | + | Machine supporting version 1.3 or higher, Java 2 micro edition (J2ME) platform, under the connected device configuration (CDC), and Android Platform version 1.6 or higher. |
- | * nearby flockrs: isNearby | + | |
- | * nearby friend flockrs: isFriend & isNearby | + | |
- | ==== Architecture ==== | + | We have implemented a AWT UI interface for Urbiflock' |
- | An ad hoc RETE-network. Events are triggered by: | + | |
- | * discovery: '' | + | |
- | * profile changes: '' | + | |
- | * friend changes: '' | + | |
- | These events | + | We are currently working on an Android UI interface for Urbiflock' |
- | ==== Applications | + | ==== Development |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | ==== To think about ==== | + | * [[uf: |
- | * [[uf: | + | * [[uf: |
- | * [[uf: | + | * [[: |
+ | * To think about: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: |
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