Authors:
Saber Lajili
1
;
Slimane Hammoudi
2
;
Olivier Camp
2
and
Mohamed Mohsen Gammoudi
3
Affiliations:
1
ISET, Tunisia
;
2
ESEO, France
;
3
Université 7 novembre, Tunisia
Keyword(s):
MDD, Context-awareness, Metamodeling, Transformation.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agents
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Context
;
Context-Aware Systems
;
Cross-Feeding between Data and Software Engineering
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Health Information Systems
;
Mobile Software and Services
;
Mobile Technologies
;
Mobile Technologies for Healthcare Applications
;
Model-Driven Engineering
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Paradigm Trends
;
Pervasive Computing
;
Software Engineering
;
Software Engineering Methods and Techniques
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
The development of context-aware application has been the subject of many research works in ubiquitous computing. Nowadays, there is a lack of generic approaches for formalizing the activity of development for this type of applications, and consequently this activity is very cumbersome and time consuming. This work proposes to use Model Driven Development to promote reuse, adaptability and interoperability in the development of context-aware applications. Through the separation of concerns in individual models and transformation techniques, context can be modeled and adapted independently of business logic and platform details. This paper presents an architecture and a metamodel for model driven development of context-aware applications. The architecture illustrates the different steps and techniques involved in the process of development. The metamodel provides a formal representation of contextual information.