A Class of Topological Actions
  We review definitions of generalized parallel transports in terms of Cheeger-Simons differential characters. Integration formulae are given in terms of Deligne-Beilinson cohomology classes. These representations of parallel transport can be extended to situations involving distributions as is appropriate in the context of quantized fields. 
M. Bauer, G. Girardi, R. Stora and F. Thuillier