This paper presents the networking framework as conceived within the European project BIONETS. The case for such a framework comes from the idea of a "Disappearing Network" paradigm. In the disappearing network, the network ceases to exist as an independent entity and becomes an appendix of the distributed services running on user devices. The overall BIONETS system exploits the presence of embedded devices to provide context-awareness and leverages peer-topeer interactions among mobile devices in order to ensure system-wide dissemination of data and services. Some of the current networking solutions developed within the project are also presented, highlighting the use of bio-inspired techniques and tools. The paper presents then a first version of the SerWorks architecture, which takes a unifying view on networks and services. In SerWorks, the network becomes a set of particular services, aimed at general connectivity purposes, which can be created and modified at runtime in order to accommodate for specific system conditions and higher-level constraints.
The complexity of managing multimedia data within extensive social networks is constantly increasing. In particular, the mass of shared user generated content and strong multimedia diversity lead to a vast amount of heterogeneous and unstructured information. To preserve accuracy, availability, and personalization of content provided to users, we introduce a framework realizing content classification and management based on metadata such as social relationships. The framework enables the easy development of multimedia authoring systems focused on flexible multimedia creation, distributed user collaboration, and convenient content retrieval. Finally, we describe "Online Community Life (OCL)", a ubiquitous blogging portal for the distribution of multimedia content along virtual communities.
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