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An editing tool that manages device associations in an in-home environment

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The forthcoming home environment will comprise numerous computationally enhanced artifacts that are autonomous, but interconnected via an invisible web of network-based services. The approach presented in this paper is to enable end users to make their own applications by linking such artifacts, which are treated as reusable “components.” A key requirement to achieve this is the availability of editing tools that meet the needs of different classes of users. A tool of this kind designed for end users is presented in this paper, together with the outcome of user evaluation sessions.

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We would like to thank N. Drossos and J. Calemis for developing the working software of the editor.

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  1. Department of Products and Systems Design Engineering, University of the Aegean, Greece

    Irene Mavrommati

  2. Computer Technology Institute, R. Ferraiou 61, 26221, Patra, Greece

    Irene Mavrommati & Achilles Kameas

  3. Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Panos Markopoulos

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Mavrommati, I., Kameas, A. & Markopoulos, P. An editing tool that manages device associations in an in-home environment. Pers Ubiquit Comput 8, 255–263 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-004-0286-7

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