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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: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | The architecture |
- | * isNearby: physical proximity | + | {{ :uf:urbiflock_architecture.png? |
- | * isFriend: static encoding of friendship relationships | + | |
- | * doesProfileMatch: | + | |
- | * combinators: and, or, not | + | |
- | * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a group of ' | + | |
- | * [[uf:applications|Applications]]: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | A flock is defined | + | 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 // |
+ | The infrastructure layer consists | ||
- | Predefined Flocks: | + | In the rest of this subsection we list the relevant parts of the Urbiflock framework. |
- | * 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 |
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- | * profile changes: '' | + | |
- | * friend changes: '' | + | |
- | These events are received by the local flockr | + | * [[uf: |
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- | As a first implementation of the RETE-network, maybe we can start from the oo matching that Tom implemented, | + | ==== Target Platforms ==== |
+ | The Urbiflock framework has been entirely 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. | ||
- | < | + | AmbientTalk runs on a regular J2SE Java Virtual |
- | def flockrTemplate := template: { | + | Machine supporting version 1.3 or higher, Java 2 micro edition (J2ME) platform, under the connected device configuration |
- | 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 ==== | + | We have implemented a AWT UI interface for Urbiflock' |
- | * [[uf:appmgr|Application Manager]]: allows the us | + | |
- | er to view installed applications, | + | We are currently working on an Android UI interface for Urbiflock' |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
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- | ==== To think about ==== | + | ==== Development |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
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+ | * To think about: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
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