Rhizome Networks - Products overview

The products of Rhizome NetWorks can be defined by three categories:

  • Rhizome NetWorks arena

  • RHZ Open Components API

  • Applications and building blocks.

Rhizome NetWorks arena is made of peer to peer infrastructure together with containers for executing applications on various environments and Rhizome Browser for performing application's life cycle tasks. The peer to peer infrastructure is based on JXTA technology and involve few intermediate servers that allows Internet users to communicate with each other via applications running on personal computer, hosted servers and embedded devices. Containers are software that allows applications of various types to be executed on various environment. For example, a container for JEE uses a Servlet to allow server-side logic to be integrated with Web client.

Joining Rhizome NetWorks arena is free and member get for free the basic functionality that allows him to search resource, develop application, operate those application and manage his/her community relations. In addition web site and Rhizome Browser include some premium services with advanced functionality for development marketing and support of applications.

In the following links you can find more information about Rhizome NetWorks arena: General overview, searching-surface, development-surface, operation-surface, community-surface, support-surface, AppCord-surface, AppCord-surface, account-surface and Rhizome Browser.

RHZ Open Components API is the core technology for developing applications within Rhizome NetWorks. One of the most important examples for specific kind of visual applications is actually Rhizome Browser. Advance users can use the open components technology to develop their own extension of Rhizome NetWorks. This can be some environment for some niche market, or maybe some environment for some private or community purpose. In the following link you can get more information about RHZ-Open-Components.

Applications and building blocks: Rhizome NetWorks will act like any other actor in the network in order to supply with building blocks that can be used by various applications and applications that can be used to extend Rhizome Browser.