Authors:
Bernd Eßmann
and
Thorsten Hampel
Affiliation:
Heinz Nixdorf Institute University of Paderborn, Germany
Keyword(s):
Mobile Computing, Spontaneous Collaboration, Distributed Knowledge Spaces, CSCW.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Internet and Collaborative Computing
;
Network Implementation Choices
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless and Mobile Computing
;
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
Mobile forms of cooperative knowledge organization need system architectures that also allow spontaneous (ad hoc) networking and collaboration structures. An essential requirement here, besides establishing the peer-to-peer network, is the design of suitable framework architectures for object distribution. This article presents our approach to developing a basic architecture for distributed systems that support cooperation. This also involves creating interfaces to existing classical CSCW architectures and systems. The novel element of our approach, which is based on a JXTA network, is its use of JXTA services to distribute objects among peers, thus achieving the desired object distribution.