Towards a Common API for Structured Peer-to-Peer Overlays
Frank Dabek
Ben Zhao
Peter Druschel
John Kubiatowicz
Ion Stoica
Second International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS 2003)
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Paper Abstract
In this paper, we describe an ongoing effort to define common APIs for
structured peer-to-peer overlays and the key abstractions that can be
built on them. In doing so, we hope to facilitate independent innovation
in overlay protocols, services, and applications, to allow direct
experimental comparisons, and to encourage application development by
third parties. We provide a snapshot of our efforts and discuss open
problems in an effort to solicit feedback from the research community.