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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-020-12-1649</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>L.3.0 - eLearning Systems/Technology/Tools/Platforms</subject>
          <subject>L.3.6 - Technology Enhanced Learning</subject>
          <subject>L.7.0 - Wireless/Pervasive Computing</subject>
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        <article-title>A Decentralized Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Learning Environments</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Barbosa</surname>
            <given-names>Jorge Luis Victória</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">jbarbosa@unisinos.br</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Barbosa</surname>
            <given-names>Débora Nice Ferrari</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>De Oliveira</surname>
            <given-names>Jezer Machado</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Jr.</surname>
            <given-names>Solon Andrade Rabello</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Feevale University, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil</addr-line>
        <institution>Feevale University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Novo Hamburgo</addr-line>
        <country>Brazil</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Sáo Leopoldo, Brazil</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Sáo Leopoldo</addr-line>
        <country>Brazil</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Jorge Luis Victória Barbosa (<email xlink:type="simple">jbarbosa@unisinos.br</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2014</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2014</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>20</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
      <fpage>1649</fpage>
      <lpage>1669</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/08898EBC-1A90-5DDD-A28E-63C0874CE1C6">08898EBC-1A90-5DDD-A28E-63C0874CE1C6</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5505849">5505849</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>31</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2014</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>15</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2014</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Jorge Luis Victória Barbosa, Débora Nice Ferrari Barbosa, Jezer Machado De Oliveira, Solon Andrade Rabello Jr.</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>This article proposes a decentralized infrastructure for ubiquitous learning environments called Global. The two main contributions of Global are its decentralized strategy and its extensible architecture based on software agents. Global can be specialized to create ubiquitous learning environments through the extension of its agents or through the addition of new agents. The article presents the infrastructure architecture, describing the agents and auxiliary components. Moreover, the article approaches the implementation and evaluation of Global through two applications dedicated to education. The evaluation showed that the infrastructure could be used for the development of decentralized learning systems, supporting specifically the characteristics considered as strategic for ubiquitous learning.</p>
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