A Hierarchical Super Peer Network for Distributed Artifacts

Abstract. The transition from traditional paper libraries to digital libraries enables new strategies for the use and maintenance of artifact collections. Distributed software development can be regarded as a special case of digital library utilization, where developers or groups of developers are working on the same software geographically dispersed in time zones which might differ. We present a hierarchical super peer network which represents the organizational structures of distributed software development in a natural way and is able to integrate distributed resources like version control systems as well as local devices. This approach is then generalized to support the self-organization of widely distributed, loosely coupled, and autonomous digital library systems.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: DELOS
• Authors: Ludger Bischofs, Wilhelm Hasselbring, Jürgen Schlegelmilch, Ulrike Steffens
• Keywords: DELOS 2004, DELOS 2007, Digital Library, Digital Library Utilization, Software Development