Hi!
I'm presenting what could be described as "editable web" or "P2P
WYSIWYG wiki with reputations running over a social network", or just
the Bouillon project.
- Bouillon allows P2P editing of arbitrary XML (XHTML for now). But,
there are no single global version of any page. Each user's agent
retrieves and assembles pieces of a page from user's friends, friends-
of-a-friend, etc
- If Bouillon user likes a page or a new piece of a page or a new
version of an existing piece (i.e. considers it relevant) then (s)he
may confirm that page/piece (i.e. issue an opinion) and let it
propagate further in the social network
- If a Bouillon user considers a piece to be trash/spam then (s)he
may suppress propagation of that piece issuing a negative opinion.
- Users may edit existing pieces or insert new pieces using their Web
browsers or any other client if implemented.
Bouillon employs wiki-like addressing scheme, e.g. http://
your.bouillon.gateway/page/Page_Name. Different from wiki, pages are
not local to any server because content freely propagates via social
links. So, the actual Bouillon address is 'Page_Name'. What you see
at that address depends on you and your social vicinity (friends,
their friends, etc).
Under normal conditions, Bouillon may retrieve pieces and pages
recommended by a friend of a friend at least (i.e. two steps away).
So ideally, due to the six degrees of separation hypothesis, we'll
need just two intermediary recommenders to get Bouillon content from
any given point of social network to any other given point.
Bouillon is implemented over XMPP (Jabber) network and uses existing
IM contacts. The application itself is an external component attached
to a Jabber server. The core algorithm of Bouillon, oc-co engine, is
content-agnostic and able to process any XML.
Bouillon demo site is online at http://oc-co.org:8000, see e.g.
http://oc-co.org:8000/page/Bouillon_Manual or
http://oc-co.org:8000/page/How_Bouillon_works (this page is
unfinished)
Note: the AJAX part works under Mozilla/Firefox only! You may use
guest login 'foaf' with password 'foaf'.
See the project's blog at http://oc-co.org.
Any questions/ideas are welcome.
Yours,
Victor Grishchenko
research fellow
Ural State University
Russia
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