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DIWE: A Framework for Constructing Device-Independent Web Applications

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Ubiquitous Mobile Information and Collaboration Systems (UMICS 2004)

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Recent developments in mobile computing software and hardware have highlighted the importance of device-independent access to Web content. This paper introduces a novel conceptual framework for constructing device-independent Web applications. The Device-Independent Web Engineering (DIWE) framework is composed of an XML-based Web language that is used to separate the layout, content and application logic and to model the Web applications and four run-time processors that provide device-independence support during application execution.

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  1. Distributed Systems Group, Technical University of Vienna, Argentinierstrasse 8/184-1, A-1040, Wien, Austria

    Engin Kirda & Clemens Kerer

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  1. Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Luciano Baresi

  2. Distributed Systems Group, Information Systems Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

    Schahram Dustdar

  3. Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestr. 14, 8050, Zurich, Switzerland

    Harald C. Gall

  4. Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnica di Milano, Via Pronzio 34/5, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Maristella Matera

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Kirda, E., Kerer, C. (2004). DIWE: A Framework for Constructing Device-Independent Web Applications. In: Baresi, L., Dustdar, S., Gall, H.C., Matera, M. (eds) Ubiquitous Mobile Information and Collaboration Systems. UMICS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3272. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30188-2_8

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