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The Java Context Awareness Framework (JCAF) – A Service Infrastructure and Programming Framework for Context-Aware Applications

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Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2005)

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Context-awareness is a key concept in ubiquitous computing. But to avoid developing dedicated context-awareness sub-systems for specific application areas there is a need for more generic programming frameworks. Such frameworks can help the programmer develop and deploy context-aware applications faster. This paper describes the Java Context-Awareness Framework – JCAF, which is a Java-based context-awareness infrastructure and programming API for creating context-aware computer applications. The paper presents the design goals of JCAF, its runtime architecture, and its programming model. The paper presents some applications of using JCAF in three different applications and discusses lessons learned from using JCAF.

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  1. Centre for Pervasive Healthcare, Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Aabogade 34, DK–8200, Aarhus N., Denmark

    Jakob E. Bardram

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  1. Computing Department, Lancaster University, England

    Hans -W. Gellersen

  2. Intel Research, 2200 Mission College Blvd, CA 95052-8819, Santa Clara, USA

    Roy Want

  3. Pervasive Computing and User Interface Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

    Albrecht Schmidt

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Bardram, J.E. (2005). The Java Context Awareness Framework (JCAF) – A Service Infrastructure and Programming Framework for Context-Aware Applications. In: Gellersen, H.W., Want, R., Schmidt, A. (eds) Pervasive Computing. Pervasive 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3468. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11428572_7

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