A specification model for context-based collaborative applications

  • Authors:
  • Anand R. Tripathi;Devdatta Kulkarni;Tanvir Ahmed

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States

  • Venue:
  • Pervasive and Mobile Computing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper presents a model for building context-based systems in pervasive computing environments from high level specifications. A pervasive computing environment is viewed as a collaboration space consisting of mobile users, system services, and sensors and resources embedded in the physical environment. The approach presented here is developed for building collaborative activities in which users and environment services cooperate towards some shared objectives and tasks. The specification model allows expression of policies related to context-based discovery and secure access of resources, and role-based interactions among users and environmental services. Using several examples we illustrate the capabilities of our specification model for expressing various kinds of context-based requirements for resource access and user interactions.