LaCOLLA: Middleware for Self-Sufficient Online Collaboration

  • Authors:
  • Joan Manuel Marques;Xavier Vilajosana;Thanasis Daradoumis;Leandro Navarro

  • Affiliations:
  • Open University of Catalonia;Open University of Catalonia;Open University of Catalonia;Technical University of Catalonia

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

LaCOLLA middleware makes it possible for collaborators to interact using their own resources without depending on centralizedregimes. By contributing their own resources, groupmembers can organize and communicate using a federated peer-to-peer model. This letsthegroup function regardless of whether a member removes resources and despite network ornode failures or disconnection. In turn, thiscapacity for self-organization, together withlocation transparency, lets application developers create self-sufficient applications forcollaborative activity.