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==== What is Urbiflock? ==== | ==== What is Urbiflock? ==== | ||
- | Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework | + | UrbiFlock is a framework sculpted for the development of //pervasive social network applications//: |
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+ | Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework | ||
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+ | Users can also build applications and plug them into the Urbiflock | ||
==== 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 | + | ==== Demo ==== |
- | * [[uf:profiles|Profiles]]: manage user's profile | + | |
- | | + | < |
- | | + | <object width=" |
- | * isNearby: physical proximity | + | </ |
- | * isFriend: static encoding of friendship relationships | + | |
- | * doesProfileMatch: | + | ==== Target Platforms ==== |
- | * combinators: and, or, not | + | The Urbiflock framework has been written in the AmbientTalk language. As such, no configuration is required to be able to quickly script new applications on it once AmbientTalk is running on the target platform. |
- | * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a group of ' | + | |
- | * [[uf:applications|Applications]]: manage applications | + | AmbientTalk runs on a regular J2SE Java Virtual |
- | * [[uf:application|Application]]: | + | Machine supporting version 1.3 or higher, Java 2 micro edition (J2ME) platform, under the connected device configuration (CDC), |
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+ | We have implemented a AWT UI interface for Urbiflock' | ||
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+ | We are currently working on an Android UI interface for Urbiflock' | ||
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+ | The Urbiflock framework is available in the AmbientTalk distribution library under the frameworks/ folder. Visit [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Urbiflock architecture ==== | ||
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+ | The architecture | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | The application layer includes the API of an " | ||
+ | * [[uf:viewer|Flock | ||
+ | * [[uf:profile_viewer|Profile Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing flockr profiles and to update your profile. | ||
+ | * [[uf:app_viewer|Application | ||
- | A flock is defined as a list of references | + | There are also several user applications in the framework: |
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
- | Predefined Flocks: | + | The Urbiflock' |
- | * friend flockrs: isFriend | + | |
- | * nearby flockrs: isNearby | + | |
- | * nearby friend flockrs: isFriend & isNearby | + | |
- | ==== Architecture ==== | + | |
- | An ad hoc RETE-network. Events are triggered by: | + | * [[uf:profiles|User Profile]]: Profiles in Urbiflock represent the user identity |
- | | + | |
- | * profile changes: '' | + | |
- | * friend changes: '' | + | |
- | These events are received by the local flockr | + | * [[uf: |
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
- | As a first implementation | + | The infrastructure layer consists |
- | < | + | ===== Further Reading ===== |
- | def flockrTemplate := template: { | + | |
- | def name := *; // wildcard, can be anything | + | |
- | def age := constraint: { _ < 25 }; // must be younger than 25 | + | |
- | def address := template: { | + | |
- | def street := *; //any street,but street name must be filled | + | |
- | def city := " | + | |
- | }; | + | |
- | def greet(); // person must have a greet method | + | |
- | } taggedAs: [ Flockr ]; // object must be tagged as a Flockr | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | ==== Applications | + | **Flocks: Enabling Dynamic Group Interactions in Mobile Social Networking |
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- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf:iflocku|IFlockU]]: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | ==== To think about ==== | ||
- | * [[uf: | ||
- | * [[uf: |
at/urbiflock.txt · Last modified: 2015/02/04 19:06 by elisag