Time, event and self-management aspects in model-driven development of information systems

Significant improvements in the development of business applications for mobile devices have been made in recent years. However, the state of the art in software development is for mobile computing still not as mature as it is for conventional information systems on desktop computers. Therefore, declarative and code generation approaches should be preferred instead of manually coding. In the BAMOS project an architecture has been designed and implemented for the generic and flexible development of mobile information systems. The architecture is based on the declarative description of the available services and enables the access to service-oriented architecture (SOA) systems for mobile devices. In this chapter, the authors present a model-driven approach for generating almost the complete source code of mobile services. By applying model-driven development, a new service can be conveniently modeled with a graphical modeling tool and the graphical models are then used to generate the corresponding XML descriptions of the mobile user interface and the workflow specification. In order to use such a service no specific source code has to be implemented on the mobile device. In addition, an alternative modeling approach based on a textual representation of the models using a formal grammar expressed in EBNF is presented.

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Model-Driven Development for Pervasive Information Systems

Advances in Ubiquitous Computing ◽

10.4018/9781599048406.ch003 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Jose Eduardo Fernandes ◽

Ricardo J. Machado ◽

Joao Alvaro Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Model Driven Development ◽

Model Driven

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Model-Driven Development for Pervasive Information Systems

Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-960-1.ch028 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 408-438 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

José Eduardo Fernandes ◽

Ricardo J. Machado ◽

João Álvaro Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Software Development ◽

Mobile Computing ◽

Business Models ◽

Model Transformations ◽

Model Driven Development ◽

Model Driven ◽

Systems Model ◽

Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽

New Business

This chapter focuses on design methodologies for pervasive information systems (PIS). It aims to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of software development of ubiquitous services/applications supported on pervasive information systems. Pervasive information systems are comprised of conveniently orchestrated embedded or mobile computing devices that offer innovative ways to support existing and new business models. Those systems are characterized as having a potentially large number of interactive heterogeneous embedded/mobile computing devices that collect, process, and communicate information. Also, they are the target of technological innovations. Therefore, changes in requirements or in technology require frequent modifications of software at device and system levels. Software design and evolution for those require suitable approaches that consider such demands and characteristics of pervasive information systems. Model-driven development approaches (which essentially centre the focus of development on models, and involve concepts such as Platform-Independent Models, Platform-Specific Models, model transformations, and use of established standards) currently in research at academic and industrial arenas in the design of large systems, offer potential benefits that can be applied to the design and evolution of these pervasive information systems. In this chapter, we raise issues and propose strategies related to the software development of PIS using a model-driven development perspective.

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