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   * [[uf:profiles|User Profile]]: Profiles in Urbiflock represent the user identity (e.g. name, gender, hobbies, etc.).
-  * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a loosely defined group of users.
+  * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a loosely defined group of users. It is an alternative representation of user groups specially designed to enable the dynamic interaction of social networks in pervasive social applications. A flock is defined in terms of a characteristic function.
-  * [[uf:proximities|Characteristic Functions]]: "functions" that determine whether or not a user is proximate.
+  * [[uf:proximities|Characteristic Functions]]: "functions" that determine whether or not a user belongs to a Flock.
-    * isNearby: physical proximity
+  * [[uf:totam|TOTAM]]: tuple-based middleware for flock communication.
-    * isFriend: static encoding of friendship relationships
+  * [[uf:application|Applications]]: define the API of an "application object" to be plugged in the framework. What follows is the list of applications in Urbiflock.
-    * doesProfileMatch: tests an attribute of a user's profile, form ATTR OP VAL, where ATTR is e.g. age, name, gender, hobbies, ...
-    * combinators: and, or, not
-  * [[uf:totam | TOTAM]] tuple-based middleware for flock communication.
-  * [[uf:application|Applications]]: define the API of an "application object". What follows is the list of applications in Urbiflock.
     * [[uf:viewer|Flock Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing flocks and to create new flocks.
     * [[uf:app_viewer|Application Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing applications and install/delete them.