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polls, etc. The framework takes care of managing a user’s social networks, called “flocks”. A flock represents a loosely-defined group of users. A flock can be compared to a Facebook group (for example, a group of your old classmates), | polls, etc. The framework takes care of managing a user’s social networks, called “flocks”. A flock represents a loosely-defined group of users. A flock can be compared to a Facebook group (for example, a group of your old classmates), | ||
- | 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, and also users applications such as //I rate you// (IR8U) that allows users to ask proximate users to rate them on a certain subject, and // | + | 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, |
- | The framework is currently still under development, | + | |
==== Terminology ==== | ==== Terminology ==== | ||
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* To flock: to become part of a group | * To flock: to become part of a group | ||
- | ==== Modules | + | ==== Urbiflock architecture |
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- | * isNearby: physical proximity | + | |
- | * isFriend: static encoding of friendship relationships | + | |
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- | A flock is defined as a list of references to ' | ||
- | Predefined Flocks: | + | The architecture of the Urbiflock framework shown below is divided in three layers: applications, |
- | * friend flockrs: isFriend | + | {{ :uf:urbiflock_architecture.png? |
- | * nearby flockrs: isNearby | + | |
- | * nearby friend flockrs: isFriend & isNearby | + | |
- | WhiteBoard Drawings: | + | 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) that allows users to ask proximate users to rate them on a certain subject, and // |
- | * [[uf:Design|Design]] | + | The infrastructure layer consists of three low-level abstractions on which the framework core is based: a RETE engine which orchestrates the flock composition, |
- | ==== Applications ==== | + | In the rest of this subsection we list the relevant parts of the Urbiflock framework. |
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==== Target Platforms ==== | ==== Target Platforms ==== | ||
- | * UrbiFlock will work on any computer which has java installed. | + | Rather than building a platform-independent framework, our aim is to assist in the rapid development of pervasive social networking applications. The Urbiflock framework |
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+ | AmbientTalk requires a regular J2SE Java Virtual | ||
+ | Machine supporting version 1.3 or higher. The implementation also runs on the Java 2 micro edition (J2ME) platform, under the connected device configuration (CDC). | ||
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+ | We have done some test to deploy | ||
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+ | We are currently working on deploying our framework on HTC Hero, a phone running on the Android platform. | ||
==== Development ==== | ==== Development ==== | ||
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