  Replikativ is a replication middleware supporting a new kind of confluent
replicated datatype resembling a distributed version control system. It retains
the order of write operations at the trade-off of reduced availability with
after-the- fact conflict resolution. The system allows to develop applications
with distributed state in a similar fashion as native applications with
exclusive local state, while transparently exposing the necessary compromises
in terms of the CAP theorem. In this paper, we give a specification of the
replicated datatype and discuss its usage in the replikativ middleware.
Experiments with the implementation show the feasibility of the concept as a
foundation for replication as a service (RaaS).
