Evolving a text-based conferencing system: An experience report

—In this paper we describe the evolution of eConference, a text-based conferencing system that has turned into a collaborative platform. We draw the lessons learned from the evolution process, as first we changed the underlying communication framework, from the JXTA P2P platform to the XMPP client/server protocol, and then its overall architecture, from traditional plugin to pure-plugin system, built on top of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. Keywords-distributed meeting system, Jabber/XMPP, JXTA, communication frameworks, Eclipse RCP, plugin systems;

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: COLCOM
• Authors: Fabio Calefato, Filippo Lanubile, Mario Scalas
• Keywords: COLCOM 2007, Communication Frameworks, JXTA P2P Platform, XMPP Client/server Protocol