SHARK

Shark is a developer framework for building semantic P2P applications. It has to major parts: A semantic data model and a communication protocol stack. The data model is a subset of RDF and Topic Maps. The communications model was inspired by software agent communications languages. We have created a very slim protocol stack that works on Internet protocol as well as in ad-hoc networks. An overview can be found in a paper . A detailed description and step-by-step introduction can be found in our developer guide... Shark development is coordinated mainly done at HTW Berlin by students and graduates. Shark became already part of the our curriculum... Does that sound familiar? It should. Most living beings on that planet communicate in that manner. We communicate directly with each other when we speak. Shark brings that very old and very flexible behavior directly into soft- and hardware. No mediating server or whatever is required. Communication can be encrypted and signed.