Interaction Patterns for Refining Behaviour Specifications of Context-Aware Mobile Services

Laura Daniele, Luís Ferreira Pires, Marten van Sinderen

2008

Abstract

In the context of Model-Driven Architecture (MDA), little attention has been given to behavioural aspects of service design. This paper proposes a MDA-based approach that considers these aspects in the development of context-aware mobile services. Starting from the specification of the external observable behaviour of a service, we gradually refine this behaviour considering the internal structure of the service. Particularly, we present a structure that is general enough to be used for several context-aware mobile services. However, it may be configured based on the specific service to be developed. An important step of our approach consists of identifying sequences of interactions, which we call interaction patterns, which can be mapped into a behaviour model of the components that execute the service. This model is platform-independent and may be realized in terms of several specific target technologies.

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Daniele L., Ferreira Pires L. and van Sinderen M. (2008). Interaction Patterns for Refining Behaviour Specifications of Context-Aware Mobile Services . In Joint Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing (IWUC 2008) 4th International Workshop on Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems (MDEIS 2008) 3rd International Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management (TCoB 2008) - Volume 1: MDEIS, (ICEIS 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-49-4, pages 64-76. DOI: 10.5220/0001739800640076


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@conference{mdeis08,
author={Laura Daniele and Luís Ferreira Pires and Marten van Sinderen},
title={Interaction Patterns for Refining Behaviour Specifications of Context-Aware Mobile Services},
booktitle={Joint Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing (IWUC 2008) 4th International Workshop on Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems (MDEIS 2008) 3rd International Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management (TCoB 2008) - Volume 1: MDEIS, (ICEIS 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={64-76},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001739800640076},
isbn={978-989-8111-49-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Joint Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing (IWUC 2008) 4th International Workshop on Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems (MDEIS 2008) 3rd International Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management (TCoB 2008) - Volume 1: MDEIS, (ICEIS 2008)
TI - Interaction Patterns for Refining Behaviour Specifications of Context-Aware Mobile Services
SN - 978-989-8111-49-4
AU - Daniele L.
AU - Ferreira Pires L.
AU - van Sinderen M.
PY - 2008
SP - 64
EP - 76
DO - 10.5220/0001739800640076