LaCOLLA: A Middleware to Support Self-sufficient Collaborative Groups

Authors

  • Joan Manuel Marques
  • Leandro Navarro

Keywords:

Collaborative middleware, peer-to-peer collaborative systems, peer-to-peer middleware, LaCOLLA

Abstract

In a decentralised and distributed environment, collaboration requiring the sharing and building of applications is a complex task. For this reason, we propose LaCOLLA, a fully decentralised peer-to-peer middleware that aims to simplify the process of incorporating collaborative functionalities into any application. It provides applications with certain essential collaborative functionalities: dissemination of information, storage, presence and transparency of location, management of members and groups, and execution of tasks. A distinguishing feature of LaCOLLA is that participants provide resources for the benefit of the group. This enables collaboration activities to take place in a collective environment using only the resources provided by participants in the collaboration (self-sufficiency). In this paper we present and evaluate the architecture of LaCOLLA, its API, and key aspects of its implementation.

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Published

2012-01-31

How to Cite

Marques, J. M., & Navarro, L. (2012). LaCOLLA: A Middleware to Support Self-sufficient Collaborative Groups. COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, 25(6), 571–595. Retrieved from https://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/article/view/359