= Ariba - Overlay-based Middleware =

Ariba is an overlay-based middleware that implements the underlay abstraction layer of the [http://www.spovnet.de Spontaneous Virtual Networks] (SpoVNet) architecture. It aims to ease the development of flexible, adaptive, and spontaneous overlay-based services on top of heterogeneous networks. To this end, Ariba provides generic mechanisms for establishing and maintaining overlay links across heterogeneous underlay networks using an identifier based addressing scheme.

Ariba is developed at the [http://www.tm.uka.de/itm Institute of Telematics (research group Prof. Zitterbart)], Universität Karlsruhe (TH) within the scope of the [http://www.spovnet.de SpoVNet] project funded by the [http://www.landesstiftung-bw.de/ Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg] within the Förderprogramm Informationstechnik Baden-Württemberg (BW-FIT) Programm. Ariba is actively developed and open to contributions. If you have any questions regarding Ariba, please send an email to the ariba@tm.uka.de. 

'''If you publish research results based on Ariba, please cite [http://www.tm.uka.de/itm/WebMan/WebMan/view.php?view=publikationen_detail&id=283 this paper].'''

= News =

January 22, 2009
* Released ariba...