nLab
nonabelian groupoid cohomology

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Idea

Nonabelian groupoid cohomology is the nonabelian cohomology of groupoids.

This generalizes nonabelian group cohomology, which is the special case of nonabelian group cohomology for groupoids that are deloopings BG of groups G.

Examples

Atiyah Lie groupoid

The Atiyah Lie groupoid At(P)Π(X) of a principal bundle PX is the extension of Π(X) classified by the nonabelian groupoid cocycle Π(X)BAUT(G) coming from a connection on P.