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Mobile users can interact with devices in the environment either by operating them directly or through personal devices carried by the users. This requires an adaption of the user interface to the device used. Declarative markup languages are considered to be a solution for single authoring user interfaces for different devices and modalities. This is a challenging task, since each device has its own characteristics. We present in this paper a novel architecture to support the creation of user interfaces based on a declarative markup language and a UI-independent task model. This architecture is based on the Model-View-Controller pattern (MVC) to generate user interfaces from declarative markup languages. We introduce a clear border between a modality independent task model and UI design. We also show how the development of smart environments can benefit from the workflow engine underlying our architecture.
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Schnelle, D., Klug, T. (2007). Applying the MVC Pattern to Generated User Interfaces with a Focus on Audio. In: Stephanidis, C., Pieper, M. (eds) Universal Access in Ambient Intelligence Environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4397. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71025-7_13
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