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Towards Interoperability in P2P World: an Indexing Middleware for Multi-Protocol Peer-to-Peer Data Sharing
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2009 Fourth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services. New York: IEEE, p. 102-105, 2009.
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Author
Rezende, Evandro S.
Dodonov, Evgueni
Spolon, Roberta
Cavenaghi, Marcos Antônio
Lobato, Renata Spolon
Sasaki, H
Bellot, GO
Ehmann, M
Dini, O
Abstract
Despite the abundant availability,of protocols and application for peer-to-peer file sharing, several drawbacks are still present in the field. Among most notable drawbacks is the lack of a simple and interoperable way to share information among independent peer-to-peer networks. Another drawback is the requirement that the shared content can be accessed only by a limited number of compatible applications, making impossible their access to others applications and system. In this work we present a new approach for peer-to-peer data indexing, focused on organization and retrieval of metadata which describes the shared content. This approach results in a common and interoperable infrastructure, which provides a transparent access to data shared on multiple data sharing networks via a simple API. The proposed approach is evaluated using a case study, implemented as a cross-platform extension to Mozilla Fir fox browser; and demonstrates the advantages of such interoperability over conventional distributed data access strategies.